Black Cat, White Cat

Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

Crna mačka, beli mačor

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.

Date of release
1998-06-01
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (862)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Crime
Director
Emir Kusturica

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Black Cat, White Cat is a 1998 Serbian romantic black comedy crime film directed by Emir Kusturica. It won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival.

Production

In the aftermath of the worldwide success, as well as the controversy, of his previous Palme d'Or-winning film Underground, Kusturica was so hurt by the aggressive criticism coming from several French intellectuals that he publicly announced his retirement from movies at the age of 41.

He later changed his mind, deciding to come back with a project on Gypsy music which he originally envisioned as a documentary with a working title Musika Akrobatika. The idea further evolved and Kusturica decided to add narrative flourishes of his own, so Musika Akrobatika got transformed into a fictional feature Black Cat, White Cat.

The vehicle driven by Zare Destanov (Florijan Ajdini) is a 1966 Renault Caravelle.

One of Dadan's cronies is invariably seen reading the Italian comic Alan Ford, which became very popular in the Balkans.

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