GREEDY GUTS
synopsis
When a childless couple learns that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a tree stump in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. The woman takes the piece of wood as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real. When it takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than a normal child…
international title: | Greedy Guts |
original title: | Otesánek |
country: | Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Cinepol International |
year: | 2000 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jan Švankmajer |
film run: | 127' |
release date: | CZ 24/01/2001, SK 12/04/2001, UK 26/10/2001 |
screenplay: | Jan Švankmajer |
cast: | Veronika Žilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová, Dagmar Stribrná, Zdenek Kozák, Jitka Smutná |
cinematography by: | Juraj Galvánek |
film editing: | Marie Zemanová |
art director: | Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová |
costumes designer: | Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová |
producer: | Keith Griffiths, Jaromír Kallista, Jan Švankmajer |
production: | Athanor, Barrandov Studios, Film4 |
backing: | Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography |
distributor: | Warner Bros Entertainment Czech Republic |