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The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-03-01
65%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 20m
Overview:
In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ample time, space, and a lack of companionship or guidance. We see the adults that influence and dominate his life, for better or for worse. Surreal and packed with an excellent study of human emotions and motivations compounded by their rural, isolated vacuum of a town, this is a timeless and severely underrated film from a brilliant Czech director.
Languages: Czech.
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Czechoslovakia
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Movie: The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley
Top 10 Billed Cast
Josef Kemr
Libuše Geprtová
Jiří Schmitzer
Ilja Prachař
Jiří Němeček
Zdeněk Dušek
Jiří Štěpnička
Blondýn
Bronislav Poloczek
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Overview
In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ample time, space, and a lack of companionship or guidance. We see the adults that influence and dominate his life, for better or for worse. Surreal and packed with an excellent study of human emotions and motivations compounded by their rural, isolated vacuum of a town, this is a timeless and severely underrated film from a brilliant Czech director.
Release Date
1984-03-01
Average
6.5
Rating:
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