The Raggedy Rawney (1988)

Directors

Bob Hoskins

Cast

Anna Kreuzmannová, Barbora Srncová, Bob Hoskins, Dexter Fletcher, Ian McNeice, Jim Carter, Josef Žluťák Hrubý, Lenka Machoninová, Valerie Kaplanová, Zdeněk Srstka, Zoë Wanamaker

The story

The film centres around the character of Tom, a young army recruit in an unnamed time and country (presumably World War II-era Eastern Europe) who deserts after an artillery barrage kills his sergeant, in the process blinding a sadistic officer who tries to stop him. He is shell-shocked into muteness and takes refuge with a travelling gypsy caravan, led by Darky (Hoskins). Among the principal members of the clan are Darky's mentally disabled son, Simon, Simon's mother Elle (Wanamaker) who harbours a grudge against Darky, and Darky's only daughter, Jessie (Nathenson), who forms a romantic bond with Tom, eventually becoming pregnant by him.

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