Vaclav Marhoul’s adaptation of Jerzy Kosinsky’s novel The Painted Bird has been on quite a journey. The film took more than a decade to be made and it premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival whe…
Vaclav Marhoul’s adaptation of Jerzy Kosinsky’s novelhas been on quite a journey. The film took more than a decade to be made and it premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival where it was honored with the Cinema for UNICEF Award before debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival. The pic was also Czech Republic’s international Oscar entry for 2019. Now, the black and white drama starring Stella Skarsgard, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands and Udo Kier hits VOD today.
Georgie has an intense affair with the poacher — whose name is Lu Fox. However, she is unaware of the muddled history between his family and the family of the aforementioned big-time fisherman guy named Jim Buckridge . Fearing Jim’s fury and haunted by his tragic past, Lu flees north to Coronation Island, a place dear to Georgie’s heart. Discovering Lu has fled, Georgie decides to follow him north with the unlikely help of Jim.
The David Wnendt-directed film, which was adapted from the novel by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019 and also stars Fridjov Såheim, David Paymer, Alex Sharp, Zach Galifianakis and Gillian Anderson.will stream on all PBS platforms. Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, the film amplifies the message of “the future is female”.
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