The Painted Bird (film)

The Painted Bird
Official promotional poster
Directed byVáclav Marhoul
Screenplay byVáclav Marhoul
Based onThe Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński
Produced byVáclav Marhoul
Starring
CinematographyVladimír Smutný
Edited byLuděk Hudec
Production
companies
  • PubRes
  • Silver Screen
Distributed by
  • Bioscop (Czech Republic)[1]
  • Magic Box (Slovakia)[2]
  • Arthouse Traffic (Ukraine)[3]
Release dates
  • 3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) (Venice)[4][5]
  • 12 September 2019 (2019-09-12) (Czech Republic)[6]
Running time
169 minutes[7]
Countries
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine
Languages
Budget175 million CZK[8]
(USD$7.5 million)
Box office$662,505[9][10]

The Painted Bird (Czech: Nabarvené ptáče, Interslavic: Kolorovana ptica[11]) is a 2019 internationally co-produced black and white war drama film written, directed and produced by Václav Marhoul.[12] An adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same name,[13][14] it is the first film to feature the Interslavic language;[15][16] Marhoul stated that he decided to use Interslavic so that no Slavic nation would nationally identify with the story.[17]

The Painted Bird was selected to play in competition at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and was chosen for 2019 Toronto International Film Festival as part of Special Presentations.[18] The film also screened in the Dare strand at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards making the December shortlist.[19][20] Its brutal scenes led to walkouts from audiences at the Venice, Toronto and London film festivals.[21] Nonetheless, the film has received very positive reviews from critics, with many likening it to films by Andrei Tarkovsky.[22] At the 35th Warsaw International Film Festival, the audience honored the film with a long ovation after its only screening.[23]

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  2. ^ "Pomaľované Vtáča". 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Пофарбоване пташеня – Arthouse Traffic".
  4. ^ "Historický úspěch. Marhoulův film Nabarvené ptáče bude soutěžit v Benátkách". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Biennale Cinema 2019 | the Painted Bird". 15 July 2019.
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  7. ^ "Marhoul jedná s agenty a chystá premiéru filmu Nabarvené ptáče". Blesk.cz. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Nabarvené ptáče patří mezi nejdražší české filmy". E15.cz. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. ^ "The Painted Bird". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  10. ^ "The Painted Bird". The Numbers. IMDb. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Kolorovana ptica (film)". Medžuviki. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ^ "The Painted Bird: Stellan Skarsgård on the film's 'brutal violence'". BBC News. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Stellan Skarsgard to Star in Holocaust Drama 'The Painted Bird'". The Hollywood Reporter. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  14. ^ Strbova, Denisa. "PRODUCTION: Václav Marhoul Starts Shooting The Painted Bird". filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  15. ^ "The Painted Bird — the First Film in Interslavic". Steen.free.fr. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  16. ^ ""Раскрашенная птица" – кинодебют межславянского языка". Radio Praha (in Russian). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Nabarvené ptáče aneb Bolestivé pochybnosti o poslání živočišného druhu Homo sapiens". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  18. ^ Podskalská, Jana (4 September 2019). "Festival v Torontu začíná. Marhoulův boj pokračuje". Denik.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Academy Unveils 2020 Oscar Shortlists". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Česko vyšle na Oscary Nabarvené ptáče. Filmová akademie vybírala z deseti snímků". iROZHLAS (in Czech). 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  21. ^ "'The Painted Bird' Holocaust Drama Prompts Mass Walkout at Toronto". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Drama jak od Tarkovského, nebo banální pornografická vize? Zahraniční recenze Nabarvené ptáče vesměs chválí". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  23. ^ "'The Painted Bird'".