The Painted Bird

A frozen pond. Winter light on broken reeds. A child flees villagers, finds only further brutality in a landscape of atrocity. Farmsteads offer no shelter. Soldiers bring only torment. A grim fairy tale of survival, recalling the Eastern European art cinema of old.

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Václav Marhoul directed The Painted Bird in 2019. See Václav Marhoul's full filmography, where to start with Václav Marhoul, or where to go after you've seen everything by Václav Marhoul.

The Painted Bird was released in 2019 (CS original-language production), with a runtime of 169 minutes.