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Scary Man (????) [N/A]

Original Title:
Vogelvrij

Alternate Titles:
Scary Man

Production Companies:
Ruim Kader Films

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 48

Man battles BIRD!

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Winner of multiple international awards, hilarious and grotesque, inventive and imaginative, this truly unique and extraordinary Dutch film by Eugenie Jansen and Albert Elings is nothing less than a brilliant comment on human nature. It portrays the relationship between people and birds. Hoarse from shouting, tired from running, man eventually thought that the invention of the scarecrow would demonstrate his domination over birds. But the scare soon turned sour and the rag doll became little more than a symbol of the battle between man and bird. Geese in the meadow, sparrows in a glass house, pigeons in the city, starlings on an airport runway - the birds are everywhere. This grotesque story of too many birds and too many people competing for space and resources in a small country makes for a brilliant and very funny film.

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Production

Director:
Albert Elings
Eugenie Jansen

Director of Photography:
Jacques Laureys

Editor:
Chris Teerink

Music:
Vinm Venema
Hans Hjansen

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