The Painted Bird
Original title: Nabarvené ptáce
“Light is visible only in the dark”
2019 · 2 h 49 min
Directed by 
Václav Marhoul
Václav MarhoulCast
Petr Kotlár Nina Sunevic Alla Sokolova Stanislav Bilyi Ostap Dziadek Zdenek Pecha
Credits
Written by: 
Jerzy Kosinski
Plot
A young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II, enduring cruelty.
Sinekatalog’s take
A brutal, black-and-white odyssey through war.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (8,794 votes)
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