Vaclav Marhoul‘s The Painted Bird (2019) movie trailer has been by IFC Films and stars Petr Kotlar, Udo Kier, Stellan Skarsgard, Harvey Keitel, and Julian Sands. The Painted Bird‘s plot synopsis: ...

A controversial new film is causing critics to walk out of screenings due to its brutal depictions of rape, bestiality, incest, and torture. "The Painted Bird," which focuses on an abused young Jewish ...

Václav Marhoul's muscular, savagely realized Jerzy Kosiński adaptation puts an unnamed Jewish boy through a challenging litany of Holocaust horrors. Anyone depending on the kindness of strangers is ...

Vaclav Marhoul's grim and violent adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski's novel 'The Painted Bird' lived up to its controversial billing at TIFF 2019, after a notorious Venice bow, by prompting a mass walkout ...

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After debuting in competition at the Venice Film Festival, Václav Marhoul’s “The Painted Bird,” which is the Czech Republic’s submission for this year’s best international film Oscar category, has ...

The film stars Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård and Udo Kier The Venice Film Festival seems to have found the most controversial film of the year. The Painted Bird prompted walkouts from audience ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Czech filmmaker Václav Marhoul has signed with CAA. Marhoul’s most recent film, The Painted Bird, premiered in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, where it won the Cinema for ...

Hard-hitting Venice Film Festival competition movie The Painted Bird has been selected by the Czech Film and Television Academy as the Czech Republic’s international Oscar entry. Described as an ...

Jerzy Kosinski’s horrific novel about an unnamed boy wandering around Eastern Europe at the close of World War II is sensitively adapted for the screen in 'The Painted Bird,' Czech director Vaclav ...

For the first 20 minutes or so, it can surely go both ways. Our hapless little whipping boy (Petr Kotlar) starts out by getting a thorough beating by the local village lads, who also set fire to his ...