Crna macka, beli macor (1998)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writers:

Emir Kusturica (writer)
Gordan Mihic (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1998 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Plot:

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business...

Plot Keywords:

Arranged Marriage | Love | Money | River | Pig

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Bajram Severdzan	...	Matko Destanov
Srdjan Todorovic	...	Dadan Karambolo (as Srdan Todorovic)
Branka Katic	...	Ida
Florijan Ajdini	...	Zare Destanov
Ljubica Adzovic	...	Sujka
Zabit Memedov	...	Zarije Destanov
Sabri Sulejmani	...	Grga Pitic
Jasar Destani	...	Grga Veliki
Stojan Sotirov	...	Bulgarian Customs Officer
Predrag Lakovic	...	Priest (as Predrag-Pepi Lakovic)
Miki Manojlovic	...	Priest (as Predrag-Miki Manojlovic)
Salija Ibraimova	...	Afrodita
Zdena Hurtocakova	...	Black Obelisk
Adnan Bekir	...	Grga Mali
Irfan Jagli	...	Bodyguard

Also Known As:

Black Cat, White Cat (UK) (USA)
Chat noir, chat blanc (France)
Mavri gata, aspros gatos (Greece)
Schwarze Katze, weißer Kater (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, drug use and some violence.

Runtime:

127 min | Germany:123 min (DVD version)

Country:

France | Germany | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Austria | Greece | USA

Language:

Bulgarian | Romany | German | Serbian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:6 | Iceland:L

Company:

CiBy 2000

Trivia:

In the scene where mob boss Dadan (played by Srdjan Todorovic) talks about his father spinning in his grave, the picture on the wall is of his real life father Bora Todorovic, who played a mob boss in Emir Kusturica's Dom za vesanje (1988).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Zare escapes from Dadan on the ladder, Dadan catches him by the right ear. In the next shot he is holding Zare's left ear.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

Soundtrack:

Nowhere fast

Gangsters without sunglasses

This is a gangster film with lively, exaggerated characters, excentric men and resolute women, a weird plot and many visual gags. Kusturica shows the gypsies' life-style again in his last movie, with less depth and power than in „Underground`, but with more ribald humour. Ugly and not too intelligent people (without exception!) chase and kill each other and their animals through a nice-looking landscape in the Balcans, listening to modern but also traditional gypsy music; loud, sometimes too loud, but original and in love with life. It's refreshing to see a convincing gangster movie without people in black suits and sun-glasses.