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The Painted Bird

Summary: A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
Runtime: 2 h 49 min
MPAA: Unrated

Movie budget: $ 175,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,460
International: $ 658,075
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absent fatherabsent motherabuseabuse of powerabused boyabused childabusive womanaccidentally setting a fireage difference in relationshipallegoryamerican literature on screenangeranimal crueltyanimal headanimal in titleanimal on fireanimal sexanimal slaughterantisemitismarmored tankarthouse horrorattacked by a birdattacked by a crowbandit gangbare breastsbare buttbare chested boybarking dogbased on novelbeaten upbeatingbelief in vampiresbestialitybiblical referencebird attackbird catcherbird in titlebird keeperbirdmanbitten by a birdbitten by a crowblind manblinding someoneblindnessbottleboyboy in jeopardyboy nudityboy on train tracksboy rear nuditybullied childbullyingbullying victimbunkerburied to the neckburied up to one's neckburied up to the neckburned out houseburning corpsebuying a childcamera shot of bare feetcamera shot of feetcamera shot of mouthcasual sexcatcat in heatcatholic priestchapter headingscharacter's point of view camera shotchild forced to drink alcoholchild in 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stalinreligionreligious fanaticreligious fanaticismretreating armyrevengeruinsrunning barefootrunning through the woodsrural settingrural societyrussian abroadrussian antisemitismrussian in europerussian terrorismrussian terroristsacksadismsadistic crueltysadistic violencesaying graceschutzstaffelscreamingsecretly observingsetting a firesetting a house on firesex abused boysex abusersex crimesex in publicsex outdoorssex scenesex with a goatsex with a minorsex with an animalsexual abusesexual frustrationsexual harrassmentsexual humiliationsexual moralitysexual perversionsexual predatorsexual violenceshamanshamingshootingshot in the backshot while escapingsicknesssitting on railroad trackssitting on train tracksslave boyslaverysleeping outdoorssmashing a windowsnipersocial outcastsoldierspoonspoon as a weaponspoon used as a weaponssstarting a fire by accidentstealingstrafing from an aircraftsuicidesuperstitionsurvivalsuspicionswarm of ratsterrorismthrown into a manure pooltimeframe 1930stimeframe 1940stitle same as booktopless female nuditytopless womantorturetorture of a childtorture of childtortured boytortured childtorturertraintrapped ratstraumatraumatized boytraumatized childunderage boy full rear nudityunderage drinkingvigilantvigilantevigilante justicevillagevillagerviolenceviolent manviolent outburstviolent womanwalking on train trackswater millwater wellwhippingwhorewife beaterwilhelm screamwinterwitness to a murderwoman raped with a bottlewoman rapes a boyworld war twowritten by directorxenophobexenophobiazoophilezoophilia
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