The Painted Bird

(2019)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 194 votes

Genres: War, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Year: 2019

Runtime: 169 мин

Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic

Director: Václav Marhoul

Cast: Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič, Алла Соколова, Удо Кир, Michaela Doležalová, Стеллан Скарсгард, Харви Кейтель, Джулиан Сэндз, Júlia Vidrnáková, Lech Dyblik

Plot

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

The Painted Bird is a deeply dramatic story examining the immediate relationship between terror and cruelty on one side and innocence and love on the other. Although the novel itself has been perceived as highly controversial since its publication in 1965, it has won global recognition and several prestigious literary awards. It is the first and the most celebrated novel by the author of the novels Being There and Pinball - one of the most significant and striking writers of the last century, Jerzy Kosinski.