THE FEATHER FAIRY (1984) (Church of Film)

Mother Winter saves a young boy from her cousin, Death, and raises him as her immortal child. However, consumed by curiosity and desiring love, the young boy renounces his immortality to become human again! Banned from filmmaking for a decade, Juraj Jakubisko’s reputation grew as film fanatics whispered about a legendary “Slovakian Fellini.” Jakubisko proudly endorsed the mantle with a glorious return to form and film, THE FEATHER FAIRY—even casting Fellini’s wife, Giullieta Massina (La Strada, Juliet of the Spirits) in the title role!

A wondrous, delirious adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm tale Mother Hulda, Jakubisko’s camera drifts from earth to heaven and spins its way into beautiful carnivalesque folk montages in a joyous celebration of what it means to be human!