Released Date:
2001-01-25
Languages:
Czech
Countries:
Czech Republic, UK, Japan
Runtime:
132 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4500 Reviews)
Director:
Jan SvankmajerKarel Jaromèr Erben (fairy tale)
Jan Svankmajer (screenplay)
Jan Svankmajer (story)
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a stump 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. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than that of a normal child.
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