Set in Haiti, more precisely in the places affected by the 2010 tsunami, Ornithes shows us the attempt of theatre director Gabriel Abrantes to stage an as faithful as possible adaptation of The Birds by Aristophanes. However, his pedantic attitude dulls the locals, who start to rebel against his impositions. Spaced out by imaginative stories about wives transformed into goats and offered as gifts to Gods, Abrantes's revision is a game of mirrors, in which a fantastic tale alternates with another, representing a vibrant and colorful context where folklore, myth and modern myths such as Robert Patterson of Twilight overlap each other.
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Gabriel Abrantes Director
First release July 20, 2012 · Produced in Portugal · Original title ‘Oρνιθες / Ornithes
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Portugal
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Original title
‘Oρνιθες / Ornithes
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Portugal · July 20, 2012
Premiere
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
October 1, 2013 · Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo
Canada
September 1, 2012
Netherlands
January 1, 2013 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Switzerland
August 7, 2012 · Locarno Film Festival
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