Flight of the Sparrows aka Migrating Sparrows

Thu. Oct 9, 2014 at 4:00pm EDT
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Flight of the Sparrows aka Migrating Sparrows

1980. USSR. Written and directed by Teimur Babluani. With Elguja Burduli, Teimur Bichiashvili, Rezo Esadze. The succinctly scripted allegory Flight of the Sparrows begins aboard a crowded third-class passenger train traveling through Soviet Georgia at night. An eccentric cast of characters passes the time chatting, occasionally arguing with each other. Tensions build when a burly man in a leather jacket—with a pet sparrow tucked inside his chest pocket—and another man, who is well dressed and claims to have travelled the world, engage in a fistfight. The film is exquisitely shot in black-and-white Cinemascope—accentuating the close quarters of the train cabin—before the action shifts to a totally different setting. In Georgian; English subtitles. 60 min.

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The Museum of Modern Art Theater 2 11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019