Promise Me This

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2007
Romance, Drama, Comedy

An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather’s stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man’s two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls […]

Not the best work of Kusturica but might be the most original from what I’ve seen. The movie stays completely on its own, sometimes gets off the track a bit,…
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Black Cat, White Cat

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1998
Comedy, Romance

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 the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

This one has all the trademarks and is the most polished movie of Kusturica, from what I’ve seen. Now, many wouldn’t agree on “polished”, and it’s understandable. This is an…
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