Firebird

Firebird

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

  • Released: 2021-11-25
  • Runtime: 107 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Romance, War
  • Stars: Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya, Nicholas Woodeson, Kaspar Velberg, Henessi Schmidt, Sten Karpov, Margus Prangel, Ester Kuntu, Jake Thomas Henderson, Rasmus Kaljujärv, Lauri Mäesepp, Karl-Andreas Kalmet, Markus Luik, Anatoli Tafitsuk, Carmen Mikiver, Imre Sooäär, Markus Habakukk, Jaanika Arum, Eduard Toman, Mari Lill, Anne Paluver, Märt Koik, Sergei Lavrentyev, Vladimir Nadein, Nils Mattias Steinberg, Mihkel Kabel, Ilja Toome, Kuldar Kristjan Kurg, Kaie Körb, Deni Alasaniya, Jonathan Tupay, Catherine Charlton, Britta Soll, Luule Komissarov, Timur Ilikajev, Eili Sild, Gerda Johnson, Aavo Pekri, Monika Jallajas, Vadim Sehvatov, Karl Markus Antson, Deniss Bogosjan, Artur Tjulenev, Romek Uibopuu, Gregory Kibus, Marge Sillaste, Silver Kaljula, Marek Rosenberg, Claus Mootse
  • Director: Peeter Rebane
 Comments
  • Stenian - 9 June 2024
    Bland and cliched film with cookie-cutter characters and run-of-the-mill storyline
    I have recently been watching gay movies. Brokeback Mountain was decent (2005) and Call Me Be Your Name (2017) was dreadful. Reading the film's plotline, I thought "hey, maybe this one will demolish the others". And nope, I was wrong.

    Now the film is not terrible. But I just didn't feel any connection with the characters. There was also no strong sense of danger and tension - These are closeted gay men under Soviet laws. Sure, the Major gave us that sense of foreboding doom, as his suspicions rose and starting questioning the men. But that's it, these scenes ended quickly.

    The storyline and characters are cliched. Two people fall in a forbidden love. They get together and avoid being seen. They then part ways. One tries to live "normal" life by getting married and having kids. The other remains single. They reunite after a few years. Wife finds outs. One of them dies. All typical, by-the-book stuff. And I did not feel any sadness towards the guy's death.

    One thing that pestered me were the accents. Why speak English in a Slavic accent? You can might as well speak Estonian! But with such films, set in different countries, just have the characters speak English in a Received Pronunciation accent (as they do, for historical epics). That would've made more sense. I just found the eastern European accents so wrong.
  • raymarsh-51084 - 9 January 2023
    GREAT PRODUCTION VALUES. BUT DEPRESSING.
    I actually watched this movie until the end. It has suspense, handsome protagonists, great production values (directing, wardrobe, props, locations, casting etc.). But it has too cruel a dose of reality for my liking. I watch a movie hoping that it will transport me, you know: uplift me. I didn't find that with this movie. I had a similar unfortunate experience with movie I am Michael (2015). I saw it, appreciated the expertise involved in making it, but wished that I hadn't seen it. If you are Gay (and I suspect that a lot of the viewers might be) I would not recommend this movie. If you are having friends over and want a movie - to have a good time - then leave this one alone. There is no gratuitous violence, and the sex scenes are very tame and tasteful. I would class them as homo-sensual rather than homo-sexual, If you enjoy movies like Titanic.(1997), The Boys In The Band (2020) or Brokeback Mountain (2005) then this could be for you. If you are looking for something like Shelter,(2007), Fair Haven (2016), Jeffrey (1995), Beautiful Thing (1993), The Bird Cage (1996), or Apart From Hugh (1994) then probably not.