A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Karel Roden, Anna Geislerová, Radko Chromek
Written by:
Jaroslav Brabec
Vladimír Körner
Directed by:
Jaroslav Brabec
Release Date:
September 30, 1999
Original Title:
Kuře melancholik
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
Czech Republic
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+
Little Lojzík, whose mother was struck and killed by lightening, lives on a farm with his father and their old manservant. He perceives the raw surrounding world as images promising him his mother's lost embrace. The young boy searches in vain for someone out of all those near him to connect with. He can't get support and security from his father, from his mother's sister, nor even from his stepmother who, at least at the beginning, sympathized with his troubles. The only one, in fact, with whom Lojzík can share his lonely fate as an abandoned young one is an ordinary chicken.
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