Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

R

7.0

Movie

Austria, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Bulgarian, Romani, Serbian
Comedy, Crime, Romance
1998
EMIR KUSTURICA
Bajram Severdžan, Bajram Severdzan, Branka Katić
127 min

What it's about

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

The take

A crazy, high-speed movie about double-dealing crooks and thieves living along the Danube River in Serbia. Such a description probably makes this movie sound dark and menacing, trust me it is anything but. It is filled to the brim with delightful music, slapstick humor, bizarre contraptions, shotgun weddings -- with a sweet romantic caper at its center. If winter weather is getting you down, consider watching this film as a fun & sunny antidote.

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