The Painted Bird

In a war-ravaged sector of Eastern Europe, a young Jewish boy (Petr Kotlár) found that the elderly aunt to whose care he was remanded had died. As he tries to find his own way and survive, he's subjected to a harrowing gauntlet of abuse and exploitation from the sundry depraved villagers he encounters. Writer-director Václav Marhoul's epic-length, lightning-rod take on Jerzy Kosinski's controversial novel co-stars Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Julian Sands, Barry Pepper. 169 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Czech; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; making-of documentary; featurettes. In Czech with English subtitles.