Birds, Orphans and Fools Page #3

Synopsis: After the Prague Spring of 1968 leaves Yorick, Martha and Ondrej orphaned, the trio of young characters find shelter in a bombed church and construct a surrealistically anarchic existence based on a philosophy of denial of life circumstances and careless playfulness with the purpose of pretending they enjoy the peace and freedom they do not have. Each character undergoes a personal growth process after Yorick and Ondrej competitively seek to develop a relationship with Martha, which escalates to unforeseen consequences.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Year:
1969
78 min
114 Views


I'm not shy. Why should I be shy?

So ask her.

Go and ask her if you don't believe me.

Hm... You know I'm crazy... hm... hm...

I know.

You two were made for each other.

You're just making that up.

You torture each other.

You photograph each other with your eyes

And you think that I'm a fool.

If it weren't for me,

you'd starve to death.

So what?

Come, I want to show you something.

Look, she's not scared of them anymore.

She's putting them into the pot.

Martha! Martha! What are you doing?!

I'm burning them.

She's burning them...

Leave them alone.

What have they done to you?

Well, what have those birds done to you?

Here I am! Here they are!

Come! Come!

Who is that? A fool.

Martha... Martha... Martha...

What?

Go!

What kind of game are you playing?

Why are you only with him all day?

And you don't talk to me,

you don't even know me.

And at night, you act like nothing

happened.

Sleep with me!

Mhm...

Sleep with me!

Mhm...

Yes!

You are jealous. Don't laugh.

I want you to like me.

I'm learning to be cheerful.

I don't know that. I know one thing.

That you love me.

There, there.

You love me.

I don't love you.

You love me.

I don't.

Not at all. I don't want to lie

to myself.

Better to kill myself than...

To kill... To kill... Hm...

My parents, mother, brother, father,

they didn't die.

They perished. Perished disgracefully

like lepers.

And other... You understand...

What do you want? What do you want?

Do you want to make love?

Do you want to?

Why do you humiliate me so?

Leave us alone! Go away from us!

Andrew and I will be fine, like before.

And you can think of your father,

your mother...

Go and photograph with your eyes.

Put your arms around me, Yorick, hug me.

I like you.

Leave us. Don't send me away, Yorick.

Maybe the Jews really are

truly filthy.

What? Filthy.

What did you say? Yuk!

Yes, filthy!

I'll kill you! I will!

Here! Run!

Martha! Martha! Martha! Martha!

Martha! Where are you? Can you hear me?

Martha! Hey Martha, Martha.

Don't look for her. I threw her out.

I know.

Hey, Yorick, how come that

someone has a small cock

and another has a big one?

You see, Andrew, it's the same

with every organ.

When it's put to work, it grows strong.

My dad also has a big one.

And what does he do with it, hey?

He wags it.

Yes, for daddy death,

for mommy coffin,

for godfather reaper,

for uncle Stefanik...

And for the star of Mao?

Mhm...

Life is beautiful! Yuk!

You were touching me again last night.

You stroked me again, Mr. Yorick.

Why don't you talk about God, instead?

God doesn't like me anymore.

Don't be sad, landlord!

What's the use of knowing how to play

the piano?

You achieved more.

You've gotten to know us.

You haven't wasted your life.

It'll be happy. It'll be happy.

Happy. We are happy.

Truly happy.

Man touches nice things,

he smells grass and wood,

his skin smells of sunlight,

birds are flying around and chirping.

A person is surrounded by so many

good people...

...has peace in his soul.

When he plays the piano,

he looks straight ahead.

And the glossy cover jumps...

tossing motes of dust into the air.

They jump -brlm- and again

slowly drop down.

Brlm- and the dust slowly settles again.

Like this - brlm...

I can't, they're waiting for me.

Can you see him? There he goes...

I have nothing to talk to him about.

Just come, nicely... Come...

They are waiting for me.

But, Andrew, you know...

They can wait. He's waiting too. Come.

Let me go, there's no sense in it.

Oh!

Look!

Good morning, I brought you something

to eat.

Good morning! Wake up!

I brought you something to eat.

Wake up!

Hey, grandma, good morning!

Jesus Christ.

How can we pay you back, grandma?

You should've let me in through the door

Oh, but it was good.

I want another one.

What shall we give you for it?

What shall we give?

Want the engine? Anything can be yours.

Come and choose, grandma.

Everything here is yours.

What good will the light do to me?

Hold her! Hold her!

Oh! Martha! Martha!

Stop!

Don't hit! Don't hit!

Wait! Hey!

I'll take your picture.

Get on your knees!

Cross yourself.

Ho, my sheep!

Laokon!

Fire! Fire!

Wait... I like you... I love you... I like

you... I love you... I like you... Moment!

I am glad you are with us, Martha.

Me too.

Do you like him now? Yes, I do.

Look, what he's doing!

Come!

Watch out! Careful!

The new wave!

Come back to us, Martha!

Yes...

Believe me, everything you cling on to,

everything you cling on to in life,

will change into its opposite.

Only madness guarantees

that you won't remain unhappy.

I know... I know... I know...

Change!

Now... Now...

The wheels are still turning...

Death is still far off and it's snowing.

Before a snowflake falls

it stops snowing.

I've always been on the run.

Running from the world.

But it was only running from myself.

I know you knew it.

We can't master life...

We can't master love...

So let us enjoy it a while.

At least something.

Those moments that go by.

At least a little bit of happiness...

...then the sea will come. Yes, the sea.

You're giving up sooner than necessary.

I cannot.

I like you very much.

I can die now. Me too.

Martha! ...if you love me.

I love you.

I believe you. You can't let me down.

You can't, can't...

What's up? Why are we stopping?

What happened?

What do I know what happened?

Gas! We've run out of gas!

What do we do now?

Somebody will give us some. Hey! Hey!

Wait! It's the police!

Run away! I'll take the blame!

What's going on here? What is this?

Hide it! I'll take the blame!

What are you doing here?

Why are you waving your arms like that?

Toss it away! Go on!

A nut! I'm with you, stay with me!

Yes, I am with you too.

Hm... hm... Do you hear me?

Now I know that all you need is love.

We need to build the world on love.

One has to love everybody.

Even those, Martha, Andrew, who do evil.

God, God gave us the gift of love.

To purify us

and those he hates.

The madmen who build prisons,

who kill the defenseless.

And then... There will be

no victories and no defeats.

Do you hear me?

It's a pity you're being addressed by

a swindler who is shitting.

See you next year.

Yorick! Yorick!

Welcome!

Look! A surprise! What's that?

Your new coat.

Mr. Yorick, welcome!

We were sad here without you.

Come, come! I'll show you something.

You'll see a miracle.

Look, it is a miracle!

The fingers fly all by themselves!

Brlm... brlm... Brlm...

And they are... All by themselves.

Haha, it's a miracle! It is a miracle!

O you like it here?

They've started to publish my work.

Guess how much I got for that!

I don't know.

I'll start taking pictures too. I will.

Yorick, listen, would you mind

sleeping under the tree?

You'll sleep well here, you'll see.

Especially in the morning. Don't move.

You don't photograph with your eyes

anymore?

What's up? Why are you so sad?

They let me think.

I had enough time for it.

And all of a sudden I felt the emptiness

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Juraj Jakubisko

Juraj Jakubisko (born 30 April 1938, Kojšov, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)) is a Slovak film director. He has directed 15 feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often takes the dual role of cinematographer, and is often also credited as a screenplay writer as he usually co-writes or writes the scripts of his movies. In 2000 he was named Best Slovak Director of the 20th century by film critics and journalists. His work is often described as magical realism. more…

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