Birds of Passage (2018)
Date Shown
5th Jan 2022
Audiance Reactions:
A: 12, B: 09, C: 03, D: 0, E: 0
A: Perfectly pitched, brilliantly acted and deeply moving. The Wayuu world seemed so real and wise! (A) Slow beginning but brilliant capture of strong women & stupid men. (A) Great plot development and cultural tones.(A) Bleak beyond words!! (A) Leonidas, what a naughty boy! (A) Great film (A) Muy bien. And that is only the start of it….(A) A stark portrayal of the clash between tradition and the affluence resulting from the drug trade. (A) A bit like a book group. I enjoyed seeing a film about a subject/theme I would never have ordinarily seen (A)
B: Money – the route of all evil! (B) Powerful story in a wild setting. (B) There’s nobody left alive…It must be a draw. (B) Evocative – (B) I am at a loss to draw only one ‘moral’ from this compelling presentation of cultural clashes. Powerful. ( B)
C: Families, money, power, a deadly combination. (C) Amazing! Wretched evil weed! (C) How fighting and war never has a happy ending. (C)
