Crna macka, beli macor (1998)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writers:

Emir Kusturica (writer)
Gordan Mihic (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1998 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Plot:

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business...

Plot Keywords:

Arranged Marriage | Love | Money | River | Pig

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Bajram Severdzan	...	Matko Destanov
Srdjan Todorovic	...	Dadan Karambolo (as Srdan Todorovic)
Branka Katic	...	Ida
Florijan Ajdini	...	Zare Destanov
Ljubica Adzovic	...	Sujka
Zabit Memedov	...	Zarije Destanov
Sabri Sulejmani	...	Grga Pitic
Jasar Destani	...	Grga Veliki
Stojan Sotirov	...	Bulgarian Customs Officer
Predrag Lakovic	...	Priest (as Predrag-Pepi Lakovic)
Miki Manojlovic	...	Priest (as Predrag-Miki Manojlovic)
Salija Ibraimova	...	Afrodita
Zdena Hurtocakova	...	Black Obelisk
Adnan Bekir	...	Grga Mali
Irfan Jagli	...	Bodyguard
Asim Dzemaili	...	Bodyguard
Seco Cerimi	...	Bodyguard
Safre Dernaj	...	Bodyguard
Nebojta Krstagic	...	Bodyguard
Jelena Jovicic	...	Dadai's Girl
Vesna Ristanovic	...	Dadai's Girl
Natalija Bibic	...	Dadai's Girl
Desanka Kostic	...	Ida's Friend
Minaza Alijevic	...	Dadai's Sister
Javorka Asanovic	...	Dadai's Sister
Nena Kostic	...	Dadai's Sister
Rifat Sulejmani	...	Disco Dancer
Zeljko Stjepanovic	...	Violon Player
Dejan Sparavalo	...	Violon Player
Braca Teofilovici	...	Duet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aleksandra Andjelkovic	...	One of Dadan's girls (uncredited)
Sonja Damjanovic	...	Devojka (uncredited)
Vesna Pocuca-Sana	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Emir Kusturica

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Emir Kusturica		writer
Gordan Mihic		writer

Produced by
Karl Baumgartner	....	producer
Maksa Catovic	....	executive producer
Marina Girard	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Vojislav Aralica
Dr. Nele Karajlic
Dejan Sparavalo

Cinematography by
Thierry Arbogast

Film Editing by
Svetolik Zajc		(as Svetolik-Mika Zajc)

Production Design by
Milenko Jeremic

Art Direction by
Radoslav Mihajlovic

Costume Design by
Nebojsa Lipanovic

Makeup Department
Sandra Ivatovic	....	makeup artist
Tatjana Radetic	....	makeup artist
Mirjana Stevovic	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Antje Paul Leinberger	....	executive in charge of production (as Antje Paul)
Jasmina Petrovic-Gojacic	....	assistant general manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Zoran Andric	....	first assistant director
Filip Cemerski	....	second assistant director
Slobodan Dedeic	....	assistant director
Vladimir-Mica Popovic	....	assistant director
Ivana Stevens	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Radovan Markovic	....	property master

Sound Department
François Groult	....	sound re-recording mixer
Miodrag Jakovljevic	....	foley artist
Marton Jankov-Tomica	....	boom operator
Bruno Tarrière	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nenad Vukadinovic	....	sound mixer
Nenad Vukadinovic	....	sound recording engineer

Visual Effects by
Brynley Cadman	....	digital artist: labels

Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Amathieu	....	additional cinematographer
Sasa Djordjevic	....	grip
Drazen Mrkonja	....	second assistant camera
Svetomir Pajic	....	camera operator
Petar Popovic	....	still photographer
Nenad Vasic	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aleksandra Keskinov	....	wardrobe
Mirjana Milovanovic	....	wardrobe
Mirjana Ostojic	....	assistant costume designer
Aleksandra Valozic	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Olivier Fontenay	....	color grader
Andjela Ilic	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Vojislav Aralica	....	music mixer
Vojislav Aralica	....	music producer
Vojislav Aralica	....	musician: bass, guitars and keyboards
Dr. Nele Karajlic	....	musician: keyboards and vocals (as Dr. Nelle Karajlic)
Ivan Kljajic	....	music engineer
Ivan Kljajic	....	music mixer
Dejan Sparavalo	....	musician: violins and vocals

Other crew
Jean-Sébastien de Casamayor	....	assistant image
Vesna Milic	....	script supervisor
Gala Radovic	....	production coordinator
Hubertus Rath	....	recording consultant

Production Companies

• CiBy 2000
• Pandora Filmproduktion
• Komuna
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• Canal+
• Filmförderung Hamburg
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
• France 2 Cinéma
• October Films
• Stefi S.A.
• Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (1999) (Finland) (theatrical)
• AFMD
• Arthaus Filmverleih (Germany)
• Arthaus
• Artificial Eye
• Atalanta Filmes (Portugal)
• Budapest Film (Hungary)
• Distribution Company (Argentina)
• Komuna (1998) (Yugoslavia) (all media)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Madman Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• SBP (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
• USA Films (1999) (USA) (subtitled)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2004) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• VCC, Duesseldorf/Hamburg

Also Known As:

Black Cat, White Cat (UK) (USA)
Chat noir, chat blanc (France)
Mavri gata, aspros gatos (Greece)
Schwarze Katze, weißer Kater (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, drug use and some violence.

Runtime:

127 min | Germany:123 min (DVD version)

Country:

France | Germany | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Austria | Greece | USA

Language:

Bulgarian | Romany | German | Serbian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:6 | Iceland:L

Company:

CiBy 2000

Trivia:

In the scene where mob boss Dadan (played by Srdjan Todorovic) talks about his father spinning in his grave, the picture on the wall is of his real life father Bora Todorovic, who played a mob boss in Emir Kusturica's Dom za vesanje (1988).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Zare escapes from Dadan on the ladder, Dadan catches him by the right ear. In the next shot he is holding Zare's left ear.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

Soundtrack:

Lubenica

Now here's something that you don't see every day!

With the chaos that engulfed the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, many people probably would have guessed that comedies could never come out of there. "Crna macka, beli macor" (called "Black Cat, White Cat" in English) would disprove that completely! After hustler Matko Destanov's (Bajram Severdzan) business fails, he agrees with gangster Dadan Karambolo (Srdan Todorovic) to marry his son off to Karambolo's daughter. But the two youngsters aren't quite ready to be married off just yet, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to fulfill their own wishes! "Black Cat, White Cat" is mainly interesting because we get to see a culture that we rarely see. Life in the Balkans doesn't look pretty, but this movie makes everything look funny. Emir Kusturica is truly one of a kind.