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6.7 1h 20m

The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley

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.

Top Cast

  • Vlastimil Drbal

    Vlastimil Drbal

    Pasáček

  • Josef Kemr

    Josef Kemr

  • Libuše Geprtová

    Libuše Geprtová

  • Jiří Schmitzer

    Jiří Schmitzer

  • Ilja Prachař

    Ilja Prachař

  • Stanislava Strobachová

    Stanislava Strobachová

  • Jiří Němeček

    Jiří Němeček

  • Zdeněk Dušek

    Zdeněk Dušek

  • Jiří Štěpnička

    Jiří Štěpnička

    Blondýn

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.

Rating

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