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Section: Czech Films and TV Production
The Painted Bird (2019)
Jewish parents send their son to a relative in the countryside somewhere in Eastern Europe to protect their child from the holocaust. But when his aunt dies unexpectedly, he is forced to set out on a journey, fighting his way through a wild and hostile world in which only local rules, prejudices and superstitions apply. Post-war, however, he faces another struggle, one he’s not even aware of. A struggle with himself. A struggle for his soul, for his future…
| Country | Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Ukraine |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Duration | 169 min |
| Rating | 18 |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Václav Marhoul |
| Screenplay | Václav Marhoul |
| Director of Photography | Vladimír Smutný |
| Edited by | Luděk Hudec |
| Contact | Bioscop |
Biography
He studied production at FAMU. He worked in TV and in short films, and later led the Barrandov Film Studio. In 1997, he founded his own company, Silver Screen. Based on his own screenplays, he made the feature films Smart Philip (Mazaný Filip, 2003), Tobruk (2008) and The Painted Chick (Nabarvené ptáče, 2019).