The Beetroot

(2025)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Comedy

Year: 2025

Runtime: 12 мин

Country: Czech Republic

Director: David Šourek, Jáchym Štulíř

Cast: Mikuláš Novotný, Ondřej Plecháč, Viera Pavlíková, Jiří Vojtěšek

Plot

Inspired by the traditional Slavic folktale “The Enormous Turnip,” a beetroot grows so huge that no one can pull it from the ground. When a local crane operator is hired to do the job, the giant vegetable turns violent and destructive. As chaos unfolds, an army is mobilized to stop it — but maybe there’s another way to appease this monstrous force... 2D animation, stop-motion, and live action mix together in this wild riff on Japanese kaiju movies.