The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird

During the Second World War, everyone survived as best they could... Yes, I would like to mention not all ways of survival, but such are the laws of war. Jewish families, who were exterminated en masse, were especially unlucky. One of them tried to save her child from genocide - the parents sent their son alone to relatives in a small village in Eastern Europe. Yes, the path will be very difficult, but this is the only chance for the child. The world outside his native home is absolutely unfriendly, there are rules and customs, and not all people are ready to help the little boy find his relatives. Read more The film is based on Jerzy Kosynski's bestseller of the same name. The director of the film is Vaclav Markhol, who previously worked on the film "Tobruk" (2008). Starring: Stellan Skarsgård ("Breaking the Waves" (1996), "Smart Will Hunting" (1997), "Chernobyl"), Harvey Keitel ("Taxi Driver" (1976), "Mad Dogs" (1991), "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1995)), Barry Pepper ("Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Seven lives" (2008), the TV series "The Kennedy Clan"). The first showing of the picture happened on September 3, 2019 at the Venice Film Festival, Italy. Film critics from the Metacritic website gave the film a score of 75 out of 100, and on Rotten tomatoes you can find 89% positive reviews (17/19).