Czech Republic / Slovakia / Ukraine,
2019, 169 min
(Alternative: 163 min)
Directed by:
Václav MarhoulScreenplay:
Václav MarhoulCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýCast:
Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Zdeněk Pecha, Lech Dyblik, Jitka Čvančarová, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands (more)Plots(1)
The film follows the journey of a boy, entrusted by his Jewish parents to an elderly foster mother in an effort to escape persecution. Following a tragedy, the boy is on his own. Wandering through the desecrated countryside, the boy encounters villagers and soldiers whose own lives have been brutally altered, and who are intent on revisiting this brutality on the boy. When the war ends, the boy has been changed, forever. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 2020 - Best Film
Czech Lion Awards
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Best Film)
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Best Director)
- 2019 - Vladimír Smutný (Best Cinematography)
- 2019 - Luděk Hudec (Best Editing)
- 2019 - Pavel Rejholec (Best Sound Design)
- 2019 - Jan Vlasák (Best Production Design)
- 2019 - Helena Rovná (Best Costume Design)
- 2019 - Ivo Strangmüller (Best Make-up)
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Special Audiovisual Achievement)
- 2019 - Best Film Poster
- 2019 - Petr Kotlár (Best Actor)
- 2019 - Jitka Čvančarová (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Best Screenplay)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2020 - Best Foreign Language Film
Czech Film Critics Awards
- 2019 - Vladimír Smutný (Best Audiovisual Achievement)
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Best Film)
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Best Direction)
- 2019 - Jan Vlasák (Best Audiovisual Achievement)
Venice Film Festival
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (UNICEF Student Award for Children's Rights)
- 2019 - Václav Marhoul (Golden Lion for Best Film)