Release Date
July 17, 2020 (Limited)
Digital Date
July 17, 2020
Director
Václav Marhoul
Writer
Václav Marhoul
Cast
Petr Kotlár, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Barry Pepper, Julian Sands, Udo Kier, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Cvancarová, Aleksey Kravchenko
Studio
Running Time
169 minutes
MPA Rating
Unrated
Based on the acclaimed Jerzy Kosiriski novel, THE PAINTED BIRD is a meticulous 35mm black and white evocation of wild, primitive Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War II. The film follows the journey of The Boy, entrusted by his persecuted parents to an elderly foster mother. The old woman soon dies and the Boy is on his own, wandering through the countryside, from village to village, farmhouse to farmhouse. As he struggles... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
In these dark and, for some, depressing times, the world needs a film like The Painted Bird, a movie so relentlessly bleak and cruel it deserves its own category. About a boy who, during World War II, discovers that every single person in Eastern Europe is an awful, awful human being, Václav Marhoul’s searing drama is nonetheless breathtaking to watch.
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