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The Painted Bird

‘Grotesquely violent’ adaptation of The Painted Bird sees audiences flee screening, but critics loved it

The film is based on the book by Jerzy Kosiński who lied about his WWII childhood. The Painted Bird/Facebook

The new black and white adaption, directed and produced by Václav Marhoul, premiered during the Venice festival, is based on the controversial novel by Jerzy Kosiński of the same name in which he falsely claimed he was the victim of WWII atrocities during his childhood.

From Painted Bird to Ugly Bird: What is the truth behind Kosiński’s acclaimed autobiography?

A brilliant author, celebrity and tragic victim, or a fraud, careerist and outright liar? Even today, Jerzy Kosiński provokes controversy. On the 86th anniversary of his birth, TFN speaks to Joanna Siedlecka, the author of Kosiński’s biography “Ugly Black Bird”.

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