Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

(2009)

★ 4.8 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2009

Runtime: 76 мин

Country: Estonia, Russia

Director: Rasmus Merivoo

Cast: Mikk Nurga, Елена Радевич, Марина Солопченко, Jaan Rekkor, Лев Елисеев, Валерий Кухарешин, Ало Кырве, Уку Уусберг, Андрей Панин, Fjodor Astafjev

Plot

Imagine a mix of Repo Man, Oliver! and Pinocchio and you're on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino's virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino.