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25 January 2001 (Czech Republic)
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When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root 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 a normal child. full summary | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
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Lunacy and Sheitan (Tribeca Flashback Review)
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(From Cinematical. 13 November 2009, 4:32 PM, PST)
Lunacy and Sheitan (Tribeca Flashback Review)
(From Fangoria. 21 April 2009, 12:35 PM, PDT)
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A little slow towards the end, but still very funny
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Veronika Zilková | ... | Bozena | |
| Jan Hartl | ... | Karel | |
| Jaroslava Kretschmerová | ... | Alzbetka´s Mother | |
| Pavel Nový | ... | Alzbetka´s Father | |
| Kristina Adamcová | ... | Alzbetka | |
| Dagmar Stríbrná | ... | Pani spravcova (mrs. caretaker) | |
| Zdenek Kozák | ... | Mr. Zlabek | |
| Gustav Vondracek | ... | Mladek, the postman | |
| Arnost Goldflam | ... | Gynaecologist | |
| Jitka Smutná | ... | Bulankova, the social worker | |
| Jirí Lábus | ... | Policeman at station | |
| Radek Holub | ... | Young postman | |
| Jan Jirán | ... | Karel´s co-worker | |
| Zdenek Palusga | ... | Uniformed policeman | |
| Frantisek Polata | ... | Plainclothes policeman |
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Also Known As:
Greedy Guts (International: English title)
Little Otik (USA) (festival title)
Olesánek (Australia)
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Little Otik (USA) (festival title)
Olesánek (Australia)
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132 min | Italy:125 min (Venice Film Festival)
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Bulankova, the social worker:
Show me your Otik. That's his name, isn't it? Don't worry, i won't eat him.
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References "Twin Peaks: Pilot (#1.1)" (1990)
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I liked this film very much. As with most comedy/horror films, the plot is fairly absurd. An infertile couple is desperate for a child. When the husband digs up a tree root vaguely resembling a child the woman loves it so much that it comes to life, and life begins to imitate a frightening fairly tale. It gets pretty slow towards the end, and would have been an even better film had it been about 25 minutes shorter. But, the film is great fun to watch, especially the performance of the woman playing Little Otik's mother, who is just insanely funny in the protection of her "son".
It's certainly not the best of it's kind, but it is a hilarious, twisted nightmare of a tale that fans of the genre will likely enjoy.