Cabaret Balkan Page #3

Synopsis: In Beograd, mid-1990s, 20 people's paths crisscross one night in rage and theater. A callow youth dents a car; its owner hunts him down and trashes his father's flat. Michael, back from abroad, hopes to reclaim Natalia; her new, younger lover seems outclassed. A Bosnian drives a bus to eke out subsistence; his son works the Black Market for a sadist. A cabby buys drinks for a cop he crippled in revenge. Swarthy friends at a gym confess betrayals of each other; violence erupts, then one menaces a woman on a train. Another young woman, traumatized when a knife-wielding youth commandeers her bus, calls for help and ends up with a gun at her head. It's a cabaret macabre.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Goran Paskaljevic
Production: Paramount Classics
  7 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
1998
102 min
103 Views


Where are you travelling to, boy?

Travel! Get lost.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Where are you headed?

I don't know.

How come you don't know?

I am on a run.

Why?

I didn't pay for the parking ticker.

You're lying.

-It's true, I'm lying.

I killed

my best friend.

Why?

Because he f***ed my wife.

Leave that alone. It's not mine.

Whose is it?

You have beautiful eyes.

I don't trust women

with beautiful eyes any more.

The moment I saw you,

I knew.

What did you know?

That I will be sitting right beside you

and it wont be easy.

You decided

where to step out, didn't you?

Where will you step out?

I don't know. Why?

Because I'm going there too.

They should lock you up.

-Certainly, only between your legs.

Leave me alone.

-No way.

Leave me alone!

Good. Ok.

What will we do now?

I don't know.

Where did you get this?

From Marko.

Which Marko?

Excuse me,

when does the bus leave?

You're asking me?

-Yes, I'm asking you.

It should have left

15 minutes ago.

15 minutes ago?

-Yes.

Where is the driver?

Over there. He'll come.

- I know he'll come, but when?

Believe me I don't know.

What is he doing there?

Probably drinking coffee.

Drinking coffee?

Drinking coffee. He's probably drinking coffee.

The US administration

accused the Bosnian goverment,

of preventing the return of the

Serbian and Croatian refugees.

The accusation was made

on a conference in Sarajevo.

He's really drinking coffee.

F*** this nation!

Everyone drinks coffee.

I'll get old before you all

drink your coffees.

If I was late,

would he wait for me?

Like hell he would.

Wouldn't he madam?

It would be a scandal anywhere else around the world.

Only we have a system like this.

Bravo! Can I ask something?

Did you pay for the ticket?

Excuse me?

Did you pay for the ticket?

I have a monthly ticket.

Madam has a monthly ticket.

Can I see it?

I only want to see it

for a moment.

Why all the trouble with the ticket?

The madam has a ticket.

I nice example for all.

You don't need a ticker.

-Why not?

Because there is no driver.

No one drives here.

You don't need a ticker.

The driver doesn't care at all.

He doesn't give a damn. He's drinking coffee.

He doesn't give a rat's ass about the bus.

That's why you don't need

this damn ticket.

What would you do with the ticket?

No system - no tickets.

You want me to drive?

Do you?

I'll start the engine and drive us

directly to hell.

I'll set it off

and he'll come immediately.

He drinks coffee

and he doesn't give a sh*t about us.

They f*** us.

They screwed us.

Isn't it so?

That's right.

Do you remember, madam

how it was under the Turks?

How should I know that?

How come you don't know?

We were under Turks for 500 years.

Of course we were,

but i don't know how it was.

But you remember the Germans.

I don't remember the Germans.

You don't even remember the Germans.

You forgot that war too?

That's what it's all about.

Nobody remembers

anything.

You need a new war,

god damn you.

Shut up young man

and bite your tongue.

I should bite my tongue?

I bit off half a woman's tongue.

She deserved it.

How old are you madam?

Excuse me?

-Hundred, aren't you?

Isn't it time for you to die?

Young man, calm down.

We're tight.

They propagate too fast.

My God.

Why do you call for God all the time madam?

Are you sick?

You're pale. Maybe you have cancer.

It comes with years.

You should be ashamed. I hope your

tongue dries up, I tell you.

So, madam, I should bite my

tongue or should it dry up?

Do you know what you want?

Does anyone know what they really want?

You have no idea.

You're sitting here only for the drive.

Now you're really

going to drive.

Young man, where are you goinig?

To hell, old one.

It works.

It really works.

We're driving.

Stop, god damn you.

Everyone is crazy.

This is crazy!

Drive!

Did you see that?

Good, good.

You just drive.

It isn't the worst,

that could happen.

F*** it. Bus stop.

A**hole!

Madam, madam.

Madam, control.

Everything will be fine. Don't worry.

I will take you home personally.

No. Please don't.

Please son,

we want to step out.

No problem, mother.

- Let me out too.

Slowly, be careful.

Take care. Good night.

Open the middle door, a**hole.

Open!

Good evening. Do you need anything?

-Shame on you.

Is the jacket warm?

-Yes.

Does the wind blow through it?

-No.

And the knife...?

Does the knife let through?

-It does.

You two would like to step out too, wouldn't you?

No, no.

Good.

Do you get an erection,

when you see chicks on the street?

Give him some money.

-What do you want? Money?

Are you rich?

-No.

Why are you spending money right and left?

I asked you something else.

You'll pay for this.

I'll pay for it?

You're out of your mind.

F*** this nation.

Nobody listens,

to what you say.

Nobody understands,

what they are asked.

Everyone answers

something completely different.

I will kill you all.

I will kill you all.

Not to bat an eyelid.

You just carry on whit you sh*t.

I have a simple question.

Don't be a wiseguy.

Remember it:

Do you get an erection,

when you look at babes? Now!

No.

Now you're talking. I don't believe you.

Would you like to lick the floor?

No.

Good. Now I believe you.

Wise. The floor is not clean.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Good evening.

I've been looking for a button like this for years.

What's your name?

Ana.

Ana. Nice name.

Do you have a boyfriend?

I do.

Is he jealous?

Yes.

And you? Do you cheat on him?

Do you like to drag along

with others in dark doorways?

No.

Do you believe her?

I believe her.

-Don't interfere.

Why are you being silly?

On spot.

Not city.

You sit here.

Ana, spread your legs.

Come on, spread your legs.

Do you hear me?

More. The man is old.

That's right.

Look!

Spread your legs!

Look! Look!

Are you getting a hardon?

You don't have to answer that.

But please, don't lie to me.

I don't want to answer.

That's right man, that's the way.

Was it nice for you?

I don't want to answer.

Good.

Keep the button

in memory of me.

Quiet, you monkey. Don't you see,

that I'm talking to the girl?

Call me sometime.

Finally you came.

We have been waiting for you.

You will be...

Sonny!

Sonny!

Sonny!

Tonight I will explain you everything.

At our spot.

I will, I will.

-Please.

Listen Natalija,

come tonight, please.

Just a moment, then...

-On the old spot.

Natalija, I beg you.

Is everyone here?

-Everyone.

As agreed.

The rest after the job is done.

-Yes.

Let it have some class.

The Vienna Philharmonic

will envy us.

Right from the balls.

Excuse me?

Excuse me?

I mean from the soul.

-Oh, yes.

From the soul.

Wait a minute, honey.

Something is not quite clear to me.

Did he tell you to spread your

legs or did you do it yourself?

He ordered me to.

-He. I'm sorry.

And you didn't look at him?

-No.

And you have no idea why

he looked at you all the time?

I don't know.

He didn't ... -Stop it with

these macedonian jokes.

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