The Gluttonous Tree

Jan Švankmajer
Veronika Čerešňáková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová
2000
Czech Republic, Japan, United Kingdom
Completed
Czech
132 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asOtesánek,is aCzech Republic, Japan, United KingdomProducerwomen sex,At2000Released in year
。The dialogue language isCzech,Current Douban rating7.9(For reference only)。
An elderly couple has always been childless and feels saddened by this. One day, the husband digs up a root shaped like a human figure and gives it to his wife as a plaything for amusement. Unexpectedly, this human-shaped root comes to life, and the couple is overjoyed, naming it Otyko. Otyko clearly has a big appetite, constantly crying out for food. The couple spends all their money trying to satisfy its hunger, but it still ends up eating the family cat. After tasting meat, Otyko refuses all other food and begins to consume the mailman, passersby, and even their neighbors. The couple is both alarmed and frightened, and they realize they have no way to control Otyko as it continues to grow larger, ultimately consuming them. Unrestrained, Otyko roams the streets and devours every living thing it encounters. After gorging on cabbages in a vegetable patch, Otyko falls asleep under a tree, until an angry landowner woman raises an axe against it...