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Black Cat, White Cat Details

1998 Certificate 15
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A comedy from the director of Underground and Arizona Dream, Emir Kusturica's Black Cat White Cat is a riotous mix of farce, romance and crime. Set within a community of gypsy people, it tells a story of dodgy deals, family ties, young love and magical occurences. Zare is in love with beautiful Ida, but his crooked father .. Read more

Starring Bajram Sevredzan, Srdan Todorovic, Branka Katic
Director Emir Kusturica
Genres Comedy, World Cinema

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Black Cat, White Cat

A comedy from the director of Underground and Arizona Dream, Emir Kusturica's Black Cat White Cat is a riotous mix of farce, romance and crime. Set within a community of gypsy people, it tells a story of dodgy deals, family ties, young love and magical occurences. Zare is in love with beautiful Ida, but his crooked father Matko, having botched up a black market deal, intends to marry him off to the sister of a powerful gangster, a woman so tiny that her nickname is Ladybird.

Starring Bajram Sevredzan, Srdan Todorovic, Branka Katic
Director Emir Kusturica
Studio ARTIFICIAL EYE
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy, World Cinema
Language DVD: Sebro-Croatian
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 May 2006
Production year: 1998
Format DVD
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  • This Yugoslavian saga about two gypsy patriarchs and their unruly families is staged as a kitsch comedy in the... read more on Time Out

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  • An incredibly rich experience that puts Kusturica in the vanguard of European directors.

    • Jonathon Ross
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  • 61 out of 77 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Rubbish!

    Complete and utter rubbish!

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    If every day could be this good

    What a tonic. I have seen the light, im moving to the banks of the Danube. Everybody should live life like this.

      • A customer from England
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    • A comedy from the director of Underground and Arizona Dream, Emir Kusturica's Black Cat White Cat is a riotous mix of farce, romance and crime. Set within a community of gypsy people, it tells a ...