Black Cat, White Cat – Crna macka, beli macor

22 January 2003

Yugoslavia, France, Germany

1998

147 min

Director: Emir Kusturica

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to a successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, he desperately wants married. Matko comes up with a money saving idea. Zare, his son, will marry her but neither Zare nor Afrodita care much for the plan. Black Cat, White Cat is a movie about love and friendship amongst the gypsies of the Danube which evolves despite their vanishing society and system of values. In Serbo-Croat with English subtitles.