This Child-Rape Holocaust Movie Is So Disgusting That People Are Walking Out Of The Screening At Venice Film Festival
The Painted Bird is now being called as the Venice Film Festival&rsquos most controversial movie. When it was screened at the festival many people walked out of the film because they were horrified with its graphic scenes of violence sexual assault mutilation and bestiality. The story of The P painted Bird revolves around a teenage boy who is left in the care of an elderly woman by his parents during World War II.
Joaquin Phoenix¡¯s Joker received an eight minute standing ovation and a Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. But there¡¯s another movie that is making headlines at the festival for it has turned out to the most controversial movie.
Holocaust movies are generally controversial for the horror they depict. However, this one titled The Painted Bird has taken things to a whole new level.
It is now being called as the Venice Film Festival¡¯s most controversial movie. When it was screened at the festival, many people walked out of the film because they were horrified with its graphic scenes of violence, sexual assault, mutilation and bestiality.
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What is the story about? The story of The Painted Bird revolves around a teenage boy who is left in the care of an elderly woman by his parents during the World War II. When the woman dies, the boy is left wandering in different villages and comes across many horrifying characters.
For instance, one of the scenes depicts a character gouging out the eyes of a teenage boy. This scene in particular led many people to walk out of the film at the screening.
One film reviewer, who attended the screening of the movie, wrote on Twitter, ¡°V¨¢clav Marhoul¡¯s #ThePaintedBird is a brutal, harrowing & merciless 3 hour journey. Filled with gruesome acts varying from extreme beatings, brutal rape scenes and eye gouging. Yep, THERE WERE WALKOUTS! Great directing & superb black & white 35mm cinematography. #Venezia76.¡±
Harvey Keitel is as far away from his jolly car insurance adverts as imaginable in holocaust metaphor pic #thepaintedbird. The largest number of walkouts I¡¯ve witnessed this year. Certain to attain MASSIVE notoriety yet also likely to win the main prize. #Venezia76
¡ª Greg Wetherall (@GregWetherall) September 3, 2019
Another one wrote:
¡°Harvey Keitel is as far away from his jolly car insurance adverts as imaginable in holocaust metaphor pic #thepaintedbird. The largest number of walkouts I¡¯ve witnessed this year. Certain to attain MASSIVE notoriety yet also likely to win the main prize. #Venezia76.¡±
Harvey Keitel is as far away from his jolly car insurance adverts as imaginable in holocaust metaphor pic #thepaintedbird. The largest number of walkouts I¡¯ve witnessed this year. Certain to attain MASSIVE notoriety yet also likely to win the main prize. #Venezia76
¡ª Greg Wetherall (@GregWetherall) September 3, 2019
The Painted Bird is based on 1965 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosinski, who claimed that the book is autobiographical. However, later it turned out that wasn¡¯t the case.
The release date of the movie hasn¡¯t been announced yet.
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