Once upon a time there was a country

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2008)

How about a musical Sunday? I started out with this surreal Palme d'Or winner from the Cannes Film Festival by Emir Kusturica. Taking us through WWII, The Communist regime, and the Bosnian War, it is an allegory about lies.
Slapstick and politics. Quite a combination, but in this case it works magnificently. The low brow humor and the gypsy music combine with a statement about a country that cut its people off from the rest of the world for 45 years. Just like Marko did to Blacky, the people were kept underground, oblivious to the changes in the world.
The acting was superb, and the continuous gypsy music underscored a great tragedy.