
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.

as Buratino

as Malviina

as Mamma Carlo

as Carabas Barabas

as Pinocchio

as Duremar

as Fox

as Cat

as Artemon

as Pierrot

as Toivo

as Professor Kantemir

as Kossorotova

as Chief of Police

as Obstetrician

as Anesthesiologist

as Kalamar

as Piano Player

as Journalist

as Camera Operator

as Pharmacy Lady

as Pharmacy Lady

as Pharmacy Lady

as Limousine Driver

as Baby