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Film Info
2000
127 mins
Color
Czech Republic / UK
In Czech with English subtitles
35mm
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: Dolby Digital Surround
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Synopsis
Surrealist master Jan Svankmajer (ALICE) brings a famous Czech legend eerily to life in this darkly hilarious cautionary tale. An ordinary couple, Karel and Bozena, are unable to conceive a child. When Karel digs up a tree root and whittles something vaguely resembling a human baby, Bozena’s maternal longings transform the stump into a living creature with a (literally) monstrous appetite that can’t be met with baby formula. Svankmajer brilliantly mixes his wicked humor with his subversive politics and love of mythology into a stunning live-action fable for our times. |
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