Based on Jerzy Koinski’s book The Painted Bird, the movie follows the unfortunate adventures of a Jewish boy during World War II. Persecuted, his parents leave him with a foster mother. However, the woman dies, and the boy is forced to survive on his own. He wanders through the countryside, visiting villages and farms and meeting people on the way. The child suffers with the brutality of superstitious peasants and witnesses the violence of German and Russian soldiers.
Título original: The Painted Bird
Ano: 2019
Classificação: 18 years
Duração: 169 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia
Tags: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia, war, violence, literary adaptation
Cor: P&B
Direção: Václav Marhoul
Roteiro: Václav Marhoul
Fotografia: Vladimir Smutny
Montagem: Ludek Hudec
Elenco: Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Čvančarová, Stellan Skarsgård
Produtor: Václav Marhoul
Produção: Silver Screen
World Sales: Pascale Ramonda
E-mail: [email protected]