Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

2009 · 76 min · ★ 4.8 · Comedy

Imagine a mix of Repo Man, Oliver! and Pinocchio and you're on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino's virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino.

Directed by Rasmus Merivoo · Written by Kristin Kalamees

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