ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Black Cat White Cat</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF"> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> document.location.href="http://www.kustu.com/wiki/doku.php?id=en:black_cat_white_cat" </SCRIPT> <p><br> <table WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td> <p><strong><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" color="black" >Black Cat, White Cat</font></strong></p> </td><td width="170"> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a1" title="synopsis"><img src="./images/icone1.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a2" title="casting"><img src="./images/icone2.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a3" title="music"><img src="./images/icone3.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a4" title="DVD/VHS"><img src="./images/icone4.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a5" title="anecdotes"><img src="./images/icone5.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a6" title="critics"><img src="./images/icone6.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a7" title="posters"><img src="./images/icone7.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> <a href="chat_noir_chat_blanc_en.html#a8" title="pictures"><img src="./images/icone8.gif" align=absmiddle border="0"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <table width="100%"><tr> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_icone.jpg" align=right></td> <td> <img src="./images/lion_dargent.jpg" align=right> <p><b>Original Title: <i>Crna ma ka, beli ma or </i></b> (released : 30/09/1998) <br><b>Language : <i>romany, serbian</i></b> <br><b>Length : <i>130 mn</i></b> <br><b>Music : <i>Black Cat White Cat Orchestra</i></b> (<a href="_nosmoking_en.html" target="_top"><i><b>No Smoking Orchestra</i></b></a>) <br><b>Script : <a href="_gordan_mihic_en.html" target="_top"><i>Gordan Mihi</a>, Emir Kusturica</i></b> <br><b>Photo : <a href="_thierry_arbogast_en.html" target="_top"><i>Thierry Arbogast</a></i>, <a href="_michel_amathieu_en.html" target="_top"><i>Michel Amathieu</a></i></b> <br><b>Awards :</b> <ul><li>Silver Lion of Best Director at <b>Venice's <i>Mostra</i></b>, 1998 </ul> </td></tr> </table> <p><br><blockquote> <a name="a1"><p>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. But none of the two care much for an arranged marriage: Zare is in love with Ida, Afrodita is waiting for the man of her dreams. <p> <p><br><img src="./images/icone_rm.gif"><b><a href="ba_chat_noir_chat_blanc.html"> >>> watch the trailer</a></b> (French language) <p><br> <a name="a2"><b>Casting :</b> <ul><li>Bajram Severdzan .... <i>Matko Destanov </i> <li><a href="_srdjan_todorovic_en.html" target="_top">Srdjan Todorovi</a> .... <i>Dadan Karambolo </i> <li>Branka Kati .... <i>Ida </i> <li>Florijan Ajdini .... <i>Zare Destanov </i> <li><a href="_ljubica_adzovic_en.html" target="_top">Ljubica Ad~ovi</a> .... <i>Sujka </i> <li>Zabit Memedov .... <i>Zarije Destanov </i> <li>Sabri Sulejman .... <i>Grga Pitic </i> <li>Jasar Destani .... <i>Grga Veliki </i> <li>Stojan Sotirov .... <i>Bulgarian custom Officer </i> <li>Predrag Lakovic .... <i>priest </i> <li><a href="_miki_manojlovic_en.html" target="_top">Miki Manojlovi</a> .... <i>Civil Officer</i> </ul> <p><br><a name="a3"><b>Soundtrack :</b> <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002CEL5G/kustucom-20" target="_new"><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_cd.jpg" align=right></a> <ol><li>Bubamara (main version) <li>Duj Sandale <li>Railway station <li>Jek Di Tharin II (new version) <li>Daddy, don't ever die on a friday <li>Bubamara (Vivaldi version) <li>Daddy's gone <li>Long vehicle <li>Pit bull <li>El Bubamara pasa <li>Ja volim te jos/Meine Stadt <li>Bubamara (Tree Stump) <li>Jek Di Tharin <li>Lies <li>Hunting <li>Dejo dance <li>Bulgarian dance <li>Bubamara (Sunflower) <li>Black cat white cat </ol> <p><b>If you search the soundtrack : </b>Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD of Black Cat White Cat on <A HREF="http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000023Z3Q/emirkusturica-21" target="_new">Amazon.fr</A>, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002CEL5G/kustucom-20" target="_new">Amazon.com</A>, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006JOP7/kustucom-21" target="_new">Amazon.co.uk</A>, or <A HREF="http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000023Z3Q/kustucom00-21" target="_new">Amazon.de</A> <p><a name="a4"> <p><br><b>DVD, VHS</b> <ul> <li>France <ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000542L5/emirkusturica-21">VHS PAL on Amazon.fr</a> with french subtitles <li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004VYBT/emirkusturica-21" target="_new">DVD zone 2, PAL on Amazon.fr</A>, languages : gypsy, french, subtitles : french, dutch.</ul> <li>Belgium <ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CFX43S/emirkusturica-21" target="_new">4 DVD box set, zone 2, PAL on Amazon.fr</a> also including <i>Arizona Dream</i>, <i>Underground</i> and <i>Life is a miracle</i></ul> <li>Germany <ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004RYQ6/kustucom00-21">DVD zone 2, PAL on Amazon.de</a> languages : gypsy, german, subtitles : german</ul> <li>Hungary <ul><li>DVD zone 2, PAL, languages : hunagrian, gypsy, subtitles : hugarian</ul> <li>Poland <ul><li>DVD zone 2, PAL, languages : gypsy, subtitles : english, polish</ul> <li>Serbia & Montenegro <ul><li>VHS PAL available on <a href="http://www.yu4you.com/items/en/video/item_278.html" target="_new">yu4you.com</a> without subtitle</ul> <li>Slovenia <ul><li>DVD zone 2, PAL, languages : gypsy, subtitles : slovenian</ul> <li>USA <ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003UC5N/kustucom-20" target="_new">VHS NTSC available on Amazon.com</a> with subtitles in english</ul> <li>Japan <ul><li>DVD zone 2, NTSC, languages : gypsy, subtitles : japanese</ul> <li>Australia, New-Zeland <ul><li>DVD zone 4, PAL, languages gypsy, subtitles : english, french, dutch</ul> </ul> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_dvd.jpg" align=right> <br><b>The french DVD :</b> <p><br><b>Released</b> : September 2001 <br><b>Languages</b> : Romany, French <br><b>Subtitles</b> : French, Dutch <br><b>Bonus</b> : <ul> <li>Black Cat White Cat trailer <li>Underground trailer <li>2 minutes documentary on the Première in <a href="_belgrade_en.html" target="_top">Belgrade</a>. </ul> <p><br><a name="a5"><b>Anecdotes :</b> <p><br> <p>Regarding the music, Emir Kusturica says : "<i>what we obtain at the end is a kind of mixture between the traditional music and the cuban "sound", a world music impossible to identify precisely, in a word : free. Nothing more normal finally, since the music is the synthesis of all the other.</i>" The gypsy soul is present indeed in this music of a disrespectful freedom. <p>Working title of the film was <i>Acrobatic Music</i>, and if you look closely at the generic, there is no title ! Just the silhouette of a pair of cats... <p><i>" Your parents are watching you from above " " They can't see anything. It's cloudy " </i> <p><i>"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..."</i> <p><img src="./images/alan_ford_couv.jpg" align=right> The burlesque of the film is partly inspired by the comic strip <i>Alan Ford</i>, of Italian origin, but having had a strong success in Yugoslavia in the Eighties. Alan Ford is a loosy publicity agent who becomes a secret agent ; sort of James Bond parody, his adventures are quite delirious. See <a href="http://www.alanford.co.ba/" target="_new">Alan Ford online (bosnian site)</a> or the <a href="http://www.yurope.com/alanford/" target="_new">Belgrade Alan Ford page</a>. <center><p> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_7.jpg"> <img src="./images/alan_ford.jpg"> </center> <p>We even see in Dadan's limousine one of his friends who reads an <i>Alan Ford</i> comic book while the other play dices... <center> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_10.jpg"> </center> <p><br>There is a <b>restaurant</b> named <i>Black Cat White Cat</i> in St Petersbourg, in Russia. As we can imagine, it is a restaurant specialised in serbian food. A giant screen behind the bar shows russian or yugoslav films, among which of course, Emir Kusturica's film. A local journalist underlines the plates are quite good... <blockquote> <i>Black Cat White Cat</i> (<b><i>Chyornaya Koshka Bely Kot</b></i>) 13, Pestelya Ulitsa. Tel: 276 7430. <br>Meal for 2, with wine : 1,020 roubles (30 euros). </blockquote> <p><br>In the movie <b><i>Darwin's nightmare</i></b> by Hubert Sauper, we can see several scenes from the film <i>Black Cat White Cat</i> on a black & white television with the Russians in Tanzania. They stop their conversation and say laughing : "look : it's our people on TV". <p><br><a name="a6"><b>Critics :</b> <p><ul><li><b><a href="http://www.telerama.fr" target="_new">Télérama</a></b>. <img src="./images/telerama_bien.jpg"> "Emir Kusturica comes back to gypsies, for an optimistic and truculent joke... With married and brass band, odds and ends and herd of geese." <li><b><a href="http://www.mcinema.com" target="_new">Monsieur Cinéma</a></b>. <img src="./images/mcinema_etoilerouge.jpg"><img src="./images/mcinema_etoilerouge.jpg"><img src="./images/mcinema_etoilerouge.jpg"><img src="./images/mcinema_etoilerouge.jpg"><img src="./images/mcinema_etoilegrise.jpg"> "The comic attitude splashes everything, even the music. It is enough to see how Kusturica definitively ridicules techno music and shows his great tenderness for a gypsy musicians formation. A great director is back, his film is an homage to burlesque, life and love... Cheers ! " <li><a href="http://www.balkans.eu.org" target="_new"><b>courrier des Balkans</b></a> : "The time of the bear, lions and palms hunting is behind him. Now, he can have fun and shoot films. It possible that this film be the first of a new career (splendid), less turned towards festivals successes and more dedicated to an aesthetic and hedonist manner to make films. " </ul> <p><br><a name="a7"><b>Posters :</b> <p><br> <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 align=center> <tr> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_us.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_yu.jpg"> <td><a href="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_fr_big.jpg"><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_fr.jpg"></a> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_uk.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_uk_k7.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_it.jpg"> </tr><tr> <td><i>USA</i> <td><i>Yugoslavia</i> <td><i>France</i> <td><i>UK</i> <td><i>UK (VHS)</i> <td><i>Italy</i> </td></tr> </table> <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 align=center> <tr> <td><a href="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_hu_big.jpg"><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_hu.jpg"></a> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_hu_dvd.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_de.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_de_dvd.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_tr.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_dk.jpg"> </tr><tr> <td><i>Hungary</i> <td><i>Hungary (DVD)</i> <td><i>Germany</i> <td><i>Germany (DVD)</i> <td><i>Turkey</i> <td><i>Denmark</i> </td></tr> </table> <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 align=center> <tr> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_ru.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_ru_vhs.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_pt_dvd.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_es_dvd.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_es_vhs.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_cz_dvd.jpg"> </tr><tr> <td><i>Russia (DVD)</i> <td><i>Russia (VHS)</i> <td><i>Portugal (DVD)</i> <td><i>Spain (DVD)</i> <td><i>Spain (VHS)</i> <td><i>Czech Rep. (DVD)</i> </td></tr> </table> <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 align=center> <tr> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_jp.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_jp_dvd.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_jp_vhs.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_ro_vhs.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_gr_dvd.jpg"> <td><a href="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_se_dvd_big.jpg"><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_se_dvd.jpg"></a> </tr><tr> <td><i>Japan</i> <td><i>Japan (DVD)</i> <td><i>Japan (VHS)</i> <td><i>Romania (VHS)</i> <td><i>Greece (DVD)</i> <td><i>Sweden (DVD)</i> </td></tr> </table> <table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 align=center> <tr> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_pl.jpg"> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_au.jpg"> <td><a href="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_si_dvd_big.jpg"><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_si_dvd.jpg"></a> <td><img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_affiche_nl_dvd.jpg"> </tr><tr> <td><i>Poland (DVD)</i> <td><i>Australia (DVD)</i> <td><i>Slovenia (DVD)</i> <td><i>Netherlands (DVD)</i> </td></tr> </table> <p><br><a name="a8"><b>Pictures :</b> <p> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_1.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_2.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_3.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_5.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_6.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_8.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_9.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_10.jpg"> <img src="./images/chat_noir_chat_blanc_11.jpg"> </font> </body> </html>