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THE PAINTED BIRD

CERTIFICATE 18 DIRECTOR Václav Marhoul STARRING Petr Kotlar, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Barry Pepper, Julian Sands SCREENPLAY Václav Marhoul DISTRIBUTOR Eureka RUNNING TIME 170 mins

OUT 27 MARCH

He’s a vampire,” a nameless Jewish boy is told early on in Václav Marhoul’s ferocious adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński’s 1965 novel. After reported walkouts at festivals, Marhoul’s divisive World War 2 epic

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