Little Otik (Otesánek) (2000)

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""When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.""

My movie year 2013 (358 movies items)

"10.3. (DVD) Svankmajer on vetänyt taas jotain poppamieskirjan avulla metsästä löytämiään yrttejä Little Otikia väsäillessään. Hedelmättömän pariskunnan vauvakuumeinen nainen esittää raskasta tunkemalla paitansa sisään tyynyjä päästäkseen hoivaamaan mökkiin jemmaamaansa puunukkea. Yhdeksän kuukauden jälkeen puukloppi alkaakin äkisti elämään, aiheuttaen pian ongelmia valtaisalla ruokahalullaan sekä mieltymyksellään eritoten lihaa kohtaan. Lapsen hoidon ohella t"

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" Directed by: Jan Svankmajer Jan Svankmajer's films are always interesting."

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Watched in 2011 (112 movies items)

"DIR: Jan Švankmajer Country: Czech Republic The start is really wacky and the first half overally enjoyable but the film is too long, you get bored while the film gets predictable eventually. "

Monthly Movie Journal: September 2011 (45 movies items)

" Little Otik is a bizarre, sometimes dark, and often hilarious tale from Czech director Jan Svankmajer. It's the kind of film that resists summation, in that any attempt to reveal what it's about would only be met with eye-rolls and various forms of "um...okay, whatever"-s. It simply needs to be seen. The stop-motion animation used here is not only a delight, but the only form of visual storytelling that would suit this material. I will grant that at 126 minutes, the film is longer than it p"