
Cabaret Balkan
1998, Comedy/Drama, 1h 42m
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On a harsh winter night in Belgrade, Serbia, an ex-con working as a taxi driver (Nebojsa Glogovac) has a series of bizarre encounters with tragic passengers from all walks of life, each a part of a patchwork of stories. Elsewhere, Ana (Mirjana Jokovic) survives a bus hijacking, only to find herself caught between a drug dealer and an angry boyfriend. And on the other side of town, passionate showman Boris (Nikola Ristanovski) struggles to entertain a tough crowd in a smoky cabaret.
Cast & Crew
Miki Manojlovic
Mane (Michael), the Homecoming Man
Mane (Michael), the Homecoming Man
Nebojsa Glogovac
The Chain-Smoking Taxi Driver
The Chain-Smoking Taxi Driver
Ana Sofrenovic
The Desperate Young Woman on the Train
The Desperate Young Woman on the Train
Dragan Nikolic
John's Boxer Friend
John's Boxer Friend
Lazar Ristovski
The Boxer Who Takes the Train
The Boxer Who Takes the Train
Velimir `Bata' Zivojinovic
The Bosnian Serb Father, the Bus Driver
The Bosnian Serb Father, the Bus Driver
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Audience Reviews for Cabaret Balkan
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Mar 05, 2014Interrelated midnight stories about a bunch of unlikeable Balkan swines unfold simultaneously in the 1998 winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival. A heavy dose of tragedy, black humor, exaggerated drama, jealousy, crime and a rebellious youth rising against the system imposed over a long-time repressed nation explode (sometimes literally) while we are just taken aboard an unusual ride of unpredictable proportions and unbelievable moments featuring the endless, multifaceted idiocy of humankind. It's like a humble mashup of <i>Slacker</i> (1991), <i>Pulp Fiction</i> (1994) and Kusturica's chronological disorder, but with a smaller scope. It never mattered how theatrical or fantastical it began to get; at the end of the day, irrevocably, everything felt very human. 86/100Edgar C Super Reviewer
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