Black Cat, White Cat (15)
"Riotously funny...Bravura stuff...Intoxicating!" Time Out
Director: Emir Kusturica
Starring: Bajram Severdzan,
Srdjan Todorovic, Branka Katic
Yugoslavia, 1998, 2 hours 9 minutes, subtitles
Fri 3 April 1.45pm - The Courtyard Hereford
A Felliniesque comedy about two ageing gypsy gangsters who arrange a marriage between their unruly families, the magnetism of the cast and sheer exuberance of the storytelling make this irresistible. Set among the vibrant chaos of gypsy life on the banks of the Danube, this is a surreal story of dodgy deals, family ties, young love and all round craziness. Played to the frantic strains of a gypsy band, the slapstick is grotesque, cruel, and at its best, riotously funny. A gleeful farce full of Kusturica's boundless energy this has enough warmth and humour to counterbalance its own excesses.
"a farcical fairy tale of family, fraud, fate and friendship," Channel 4
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