Black Cat, White Cat Movie Review 1998

Emir Kusturica's rambling tale of scheming Gypsies who live on the banks of the Danube river is a mixture of slapstick humor, folk tales and music. The cheesily dressed and mostly nonprofessional actors light up a plot involving a cargo of fuel, an arranged marriage, and a corpse on ice. Non-political (and much lighter) follow-up to Kusturica's Palme d'Or winning "Underground." Serbo-Croatian and Romany with subtitles.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS
Running time 129 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slapstick Comedy, Scams, Stings & Cons, Folklore & Legends, Otherwise Engaged, Hide the Dead Guy

Screenplay

Gordan Mihic

Cast

Bajram Severdzan, Florijan Ajdini, Salija Ibraimova, Branka Katic, Zabit Memedov, Sabri Sulejman, Jasar Destani, Srdan Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Miki (Predrag) Manojlovic

Cinematography

Thierry Arbogast

Director

Emir Kusturica

Music

D. Nele Karajilic, Vajislav Aralica, Dejo Sparavalo

Producer

October Films