When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.
Released: Jan 25, 2001
Runtime: 132 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Stars: Veronika Žilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová, Dagmar Stríbrná
Crew: Martin Stejskal (Special Effects), Jan Švankmajer (Screenplay), Jan Švankmajer (Director), Jan Švankmajer (Story), Martin Kublák (Animation), Bedřich Glaser (Animation)