Greedy Guts
– When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his ..
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.
25 Jan 2001
Czech
Jan Svankmajer
Karel Jaromír Erben (fairy tale), Jan Svankmajer (screenplay), Jan Svankmajer (story)
Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový
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.
6 wins & 8 nominations.
Zeitgeist Films