The Painted Bird
(Nabarvené ptáce)
Václav Marhoul
- 2019
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukrain
- Drama
- 2h49mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Black and white
Never shown in theaters
Wandering through devastated Eastern Europe, as the roar of war draws ever closer, a young boy attempts to survive, through a succession of encounters and ordeals.
It’s inconceivable that one of 2019’s most beautiful movies never reached French cinemas. Did the distributors fear the way Václav Marhoul, adapting Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, dared to show the ordeal of a child head on? A direct heir to Béla Tarr, the Czech filmmaker’s idol, The Painted Bird is an aesthetic summit, supported by its contrasted black and white and a contemplative direction whose beauty only intensifies the story’s horror. With this elegy for defiled yet resilient innocence, Marhoul signs the most worthy successor to Elem Klimov's Come and See.
Screenings
07/09 • 15h15 • Screen 500
12/09 • 17h30 • Screen 100
Credits
- With : Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi, Ostap Dziadek...
- Screenplay : Václav Marhoul (adapted from the novel 'The Painted Bird' by Jerzy Kosinski)
- Photography : Vladimír Smutný
- Editing : Ludek Hudek
- Music by : Petr Ostrouchov
- Production : Václav Marhoul
