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