Václav Marhoul‘s latest film, The Painted Bird, has created a lot of buzz since its premiere in Venice and Toronto last year.
Based on the acclaimed and controversial Jerzy Kosiński novel, The Painted Bird, is set in Eastern Europe towards the close of World War II. The film follows the journey of The Boy (Petr Kotlár), entrusted by his parents to an elderly aunt in the hopes the war will not reach him.