(Jan
Svankmajer/2000/Czech Republic)
Svankmajer
applies his surrealistic animation to this modern retelling of a
Czech folktale about a childless couple who take a tree stump as a
substitute offspring which then comes alive with an insatiable
appetite. Little Otik’s not so little hunger brings conflict to the
marriage and leads to several disappearances in the locality before
something has to finally be done. It’s slightly overlong at the two
hour mark but darkly comic and enthrallingly bizarre enough to keep
you giggling and agog. It works as a weird and wonderful antidote to
the usual mainstream cinema and even typical art house fare to be
honest.
(4/5)
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