Little Otik

Little Otik

From the creator of "Alice" and "Faust" comes a most unusual baby…

2001 · 131 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.

Directed by Jan Švankmajer · Written by Jan Švankmajer

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