As with some of Fellini's late works, the energy and inventiveness, not to mention the juicy vulgarity, are so consistent in Black Cat, White Cat that you feel you can slice into the material at almost any point.
Black Cat, White Cat
1998 · 2h 7m · R
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Emir Kusturica
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Black Cat, White Cat
Overview
A small-time hustler makes a deal with a notorious gangster to whom he owes money: marry his teenage son to the latter's daughter. However, the young lovers are not as agreeable.
Director and cast
- Emir Kusturica Director
- Bajram Severdžan as Matko Destanov
- Srđan 'Žika' Todorović as Dadan Karambolo
- Zabit Memedov as Zarije Destanov
- Florijan Ajdini as Zare Destanov
- Branka Katić as Ida
- Ljubica Adžović as Sujka
- Sabri Sulejmani as Grga Pitic
- Salija Ibraimova Cast
- Jasar Destani Cast
- Predrag Laković Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A colorful, frenetic mixture of slapstick and folklore that stands a good chance of delighting arthouse audiences the world over.
Lacking the emotionally charged metaphors that made Underground something more than a virtuoso Saint Vitus dance, Black Cat, White Catis determined to twist every character into an ideogram for vulgar humanity.
Bosnian-born writer-director Emir Kusturica makes raucous films so visually dense they overwhelm. But his characters, freakish or treacherous, come up wonderfully human.
With all of the horrible things happening in the corner of the world once known as Yugoslavia, it's a pleasant change-of-pace to discover a comedy that transpires there.
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