Greedy Guts

Name: Greedy Guts
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 2001-01-25
Duration: 2 h 12 min
Rating: 7.30
Cast: Pavel Nový, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl

– When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his ..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.30 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 12 Minutes

Release Year:

2000

Original Name:

Otesánek

Greedy Guts (2000) - Also known as Otesánek

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.

Styles:

Avant Garde, Disturbing, Surreal, Dark Humor, Offbeat, Semi Serious, Humorous, Psychological, Suspenseful, Atmospheric

Producing Country:

Czech Republic, Japan, UK

Genre:

Fantasy, Animation, Horror, Comedy, Thriller, Drama

Release Date:

25 Jan 2001

Language:

Czech

Little Otik

Directed by:

Jan Svankmajer

Story Written By:

Karel Jaromír Erben, Jan Svankmajer

Main Actors:

Pavel Nový, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl

Plot:

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a stump 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. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than that of a normal child.

Awards:

6 wins & 8 nominations.

Production Company:

Zeitgeist Films

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

84%

Metacritic:

74%