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Drunken Birds (French: Les Oiseaux ivres) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Ivan Grbovic and released in 2021.[1] The film stars Jorge Antonio Guerrero as Willy, a Mexican drug runner in a crime cartel who travels to Canada in search of his girlfriend Marlena (Yoshira Escárrega) after she disappears, and takes a job as a migrant worker on a farm in the Montérégie region.

Drunken Birds
Official poster
French	Les Oiseaux ivres
Directed by	Ivan Grbovic
Written by	Ivan Grbovic Sara Mishara
Produced by	Luc Déry Kim McCraw
Starring	Jorge Antonio Guerrero Hélène Florent Claude Legault Marine Johnson
Cinematography	Sara Mishara
Edited by	Arthur Tarnowski
Music by	Philippe Brault
Production company	micro_scope
Distributed by	Les Films Opale (Canada) WaZabi Films (World)
Release date	September 13, 2021 (2021-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Canada Mexico
Languages	French Spanish

The film's cast also includes Hélène Florent, Claude Legault, Marine Johnson, Maxime Dumontier, Amaryllis Tremblay, Karl Walcott, Gilberto Barraza, and Normand D'Amour.

The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, in the Platform Prize program.[2] The film was digitally and theatrically released in Canada is on October 15, 2021, by Les Films Opale. It was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[3]

Synopsis

Marlena is the young wife of a powerful wealthy man in Mexico, Willy is her secret lover. Fearing the worst, the lovers will flee separately in the hopes of finding each other in a safer place. Willy suspects that Marlena is hiding in Montreal, so he escapes to Quebec where he is hired as a seasonal worker at the Bécotte Farm. While friendships are being forged between foreign workers on the farm, a gap is growing between the Bécotte family members. Willy, unknowingly, will arouse the desire in Julie, the wife of the owner. The situation will not be without consequences for the group - especially for her estranged teenage daughter Léa, who soon finds herself exploited after running away in search of freedom. Willy is accused of a crime he did not commit, which sends a ripple effect through the lives of all, leading to an eventual redemption.[4]

Cast

Reception

Jared Mobarak of The Film Stage gave the film a positive review writing, "Writer/director Ivan Grbovic and co-writer/cinematographer Sara Mishara seamlessly take us back and forth through time so the romance at the center of their Les oiseaux ivres [Drunken Birds] can unfold with mystery and anticipation."[5] Another positive review was written by Pat Mullen for That Shelf: "Exceptionally crafted with its feet firmly planted between two worlds, Drunken Birds represents the best that is happening in Canadian cinema right now. It challenges us to look at the landscape we love and wonder if it looks so golden from another perspective. Drunken Birds is the best film the TIFF Platform competition had to offer this year and a Canadian standout for the year overall."[6]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[7]

Awards

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
FICFA	2021	Best Canadian Film	Ivan Grbovic	Won	[8]
Canadian Screen Awards	2022	Best Picture	Luc Déry, Kim McCraw	Nominated	[9]
		Best Supporting Actor	Claude Legault	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Marine Johnson	Nominated
		Best Art Direction/Production Design	André-Line Beauparlant	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Sara Mishara	Won
		Best Editing	Arthur Tarnowski	Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2021	Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Jorge Antonio Guerrero	Nominated	[10]
Prix Iris	2022	Best Film	Luc Déry, Kim McCraw	Won	[11]
		Best Director	Ivan Grbovic	Won
		Best Actress	Hélène Florent	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Claude Legault	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Marine Johnson	Nominated
		Revelation of the Year	Jorge Antonio Guerrero	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Ivan Grbovic, Sara Mishara	Won
		Best Art Direction	André-Line Beauparlant	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Patricia McNeil	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Sara Mishara	Won
		Best Editing	Arthur Tarnowski	Won
		Best Original Music	Philippe Brault	Won
		Best Sound	Olivier Calvert, Stephen de Oliveira, Bernard Gariépy Strobl	Won
		Best Makeup	Marie-Josée Galibert	Nominated
		Best Casting	Nathalie Boutrie	Won
		Public Prize	Luc Déry, Kim McCraw	Nominated

See also

• List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

References

External links

• Drunken Birds at IMDb
• Drunken Birds at micro_scope

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