Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

Overview

Imagine a mix of Repo Man, Oliver! and Pinocchio and you're on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino's virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 12, 2009

Original language

Estonian

Spoken languages

Estonian, Russian

Countries

Estonia, Russia

Production

Estinfilm,Marvofilm,Planeta kino

Cast

Tiit Lilleorg,Kirill Poluhin,Alo Kõrve,Jan Galena,Kristina Kalašnikova,Oleg Levakov,Ksenia Udalova,Elena Radevich,Tatyana Rasskazova,Maksim Sokolovand 15 more

Director

Rasmus Merivoo

Writer

Kristin Kalamees,Aleksei Tolstoy,Aleksandr Leontjev,Rasmus Merivoo,Villu Kangur

Producer

Dmitri Kabanovski,Mati Sepping,Sergei Kabanovski,Tiina Lokk

Cinematography

Aleksandr Korneev

Budget

$1,100,000

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1473784