Black cat, white cat
Cma macka, beli macor
Emir Kusturica
Matko, a gypsy, who lives off trafficking on the banks of the Danube, needs money for the heist of the century. He turns to Grga Pitic, the godfather of the community and a dangerous gangster. Grga accepts to provide financing, but Matko is double-crossed by Dadan, a crazy bandit. To pay off his debt Matko has to marry his young son Zare to Dadn's younger sister. But during a moment of inattention at the wedding the young bride runs away.
Screenplay : Emir Kusturica, Gordan Mihic
Image : Thierry Arbogast
Editing : Svetolik Zajc , Mirjana Kicovic
Sound : Svetolik Zajc, Nenad Vukadinovic
Costumes : Nebojsa Lipanovic
Decors : Milenko Jeremic
Music : Vojislav Aralica, DR. Nele Karajilic, Dejan Sparavalo
Distribution: MK2
After having said that he wanted to end his career as a director, Emir Kusturica returned with Cma macka, beli macor (Black Cat, White Cat), a film where the music composed by Kusturica's group the No Smoking Orchestra has a major role. Emir Kusturica said that "what we wanted in the end was a sort of blend of traditional music and a Cuban ‘sound', a world music that is impossible to identify, something free in a way". On shooting with the gypsy community he said that "each line of dialogue was changed to adapt to their way of speaking. In any case, words have never been an essential element for me. When I go on set, and I decide on the camera movements, I encourage the actors to express themselves so that the dialogue last for the right length of time to accompany the visual elements. With the gypsies that is not difficult as they can talk about anything".