2009 · drama · latvian
Sermon to the Birds
Directed by Hilal Baydarov1h 43m2009
Davud and Sura are under siege. They wait for the Hunter. Hunter is omnipresent.
Our read: Sermon to the Birds (2009) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · latvian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / latvian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
Watching Sermon to the Birds tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Sermon to the Birds feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want minimalist slow cinema allegory of waiting under constant unseen power.”
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