Montenegro (film)
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| Montenegro | |
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| Directed by | Dušan Makavejev |
| Produced by | Christer Abrahamsen Bo Jonsson George Zecevic |
| Written by | Dušan Makavejev Branko Vucicevic |
| Starring | Susan Anspach Erland Josephson Marianna Jacobi Jamie Marsh John Zacharias Bora Todorović Per Oscarsson |
| Music by | Kornell Kovach |
| Cinematography | Tomislav Pinter |
| Editing by | Sylvia Ingemarsson |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 96 min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Montenegro also known as Montenegro - Or Pigs and Pearls (Swedish: Montenegro eller Paerlor och Svin) is a Swedish black comedy film by Yugoslav director Dušan Makavejev.
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[edit] Plot summary
Marylin Jordan (Susan Anspach) is a bored, depressed American housewife, married to a rich Swedish businessman with two seemingly perfect children. Slowly growing mad from the mundane routine of her life, she tries to "spice up" her existence by surprising the family when she eats their entire dinner, setting the bedsheets on fire and poisoning the pet dog's milk and then advising it not to drink. Eventually Martin, Marilyn's husband, decides to show her to a psychiatrist, but that only serves to further her frustration.
One day, when she decides to accompany her husband on a business trip, Marilyn gets detained at the airport security on a technicality. After missing her plane, she is befriended by a group of gypsies and heads to a club they run, bearing the odd name of "Zanzi-Bar." There, Marilyn indulges into their fantastic, surreal world of shovel fighting, lamb roasting, striptease and free love. It all culminates with Marilyn having a passionate fling with a young man named Montenegro (Svetozar Cvetkovic).
After spending the night with Montenegro, Marilyn realizes that even though she adores this world, she is a stranger there. Completely snapping upon this realization, she kills the young man and returns home. Once there, she serves her family and the obnoxious psychiatrist a gourmet dinner, followed by a light dessert of fruit... that turn out to be poisoned. The final intertitle states: The film is based on a true story.
[edit] Awards and nominations
Montenegro was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
