219594
219594

The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley

1984-03-01
6.5
cs 80m
Drama
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.

Director

František Vláčil

Creative Producer

Václav Erben

Novel

Ladislav Fuks

Screenplay

Jiří Fried

Dramaturgy

Oldřich Železný

Camera Operator

Jiří Ondráček

based on novel or book post world war ii 1940s

Status

Released

Countries

  • Czechoslovakia

Companies

  • Filmové studio Barrandov