Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Bajram SeverdžanMatko Destanov
- Srđan 'Žika' TodorovićDadan Karambolo
- Zabit MemedovZarije Destanov
- Florijan AjdiniZare Destanov
- Branka KatićIda
- Ljubica AdžovićSujka
- Sabri SulejmaniGrga Pitic
- Jasar DestaniGrga Veliki
- Predrag LakovićPriest
- Miki ManojlovićSecond Priest
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
A warm embrace of tradition and boisterous, ethnographically rich local culture. - 88
Miami Herald
One frenetic movie that doesn't know when to quit -- and leaves you wishing it could go on forever. - 88
Baltimore Sun
The perfect film for anyone who finds the Keystone Cops a little too understated and I mean that as a compliment. - 80
Chicago Reader
There's something almost wearying as well as exhilarating about the perpetual brilliance of Bosnian-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica. - 75
Boston Globe
The gusto in the flying bullets, the fleeing lovers, and the flowing music will make you want to hang around until the party is over. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Farcical mayhem. A convoluted plot that's easy to follow but hard to describe. - 50
New York Daily News
The slapstick is broad to the point of overkill. - 50
Film.com
There is a point in the movie when this mayhem crosses the line from wildly imaginative to downright insufferable.
