After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.
Cinematography
Stunning 35mm black-and-white, every frame a painting.
Acting
Petr Kotlár's silent, devastating performance.
Direction
Marhoul's uncompromising 13-year labor of love.
Director
Václav Marhoul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in an invented Slavic dialect 'Interslavic' so no nation could claim it as their own trauma.
The painted bird metaphor comes from ornithologists who paint birds to make their own flock kill them — the film asks who is truly monstrous.
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