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The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (1984)

The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (1984)

Drama
Release Date: 1984, March 1
Directors: František Vláčil
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Radka Fidlerová, Jiří Štěpnička, Ondřej Havelka, Mirko Musil, Karel Hlušička, Bohumila Dolejšová, Vlastimil Drbal, Ludmila Slancová, Inka Šecová

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book 1940s post world war ii