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The Melancholic Chicken
1999 · 1 hr 57 mins
The story takes place at the beginning of the 20th century. Little Lojzík, whose mother was killed by lightning, lives on a farm with his father and an old farmhand. The harsh world has taught him to perceive images that remind him of his lost mother's embrace. He searches in vain among people for someone to whom he can once again become emotionally attached. He finds no support or security in his father, his mother's sister, or his stepmother Róza, even though she was the only one who showed compassion for the boy at the beginning of their life together. The only one who truly shares Lojzík's fate as an abandoned child is an ordinary chicken...
Director: Jaroslav Brabec
Cast: Karel Roden, Radko Chromek, Vilma Cibulková, Anna Geislerová, Diana Mórová