Little Otik
Jun 19, 2012
(Jan Svankmajer, Czech Republic, 2000, 35mm, 132 min)
Little Otik revives an Eastern European folk story about a man who carves a root into the shape of a baby as a gift for his infertile wife. When she pretends to give birth, it comes alive, and soon its indiscriminate appetite makes its parents wonder whether they wouldn’t be better off childless.
Our Jan Svankmajer series is sponsored by the Center for Czech Education and Culture.
