I liked when the Borats would dance around to the ska music.

A film that caused controversy upon its release. this is Serbian director Emir Kusturica's telling of the lives of two friends in Yugoslavia from World War II to the Yugoslav Wars.
I probably need to watch it again to properly understand what was going on, and to decide whether the controversy about the way that the various Yugoslav nationalities were portrayed was justified.

Una de mis películas favoritas de toda la vida: el derrumbe de las ideologías, del esquema en que vivimos y cómo se puede perder algo que podría parecer "inmortal": la nacionalidad, el país, la supuesta identidad.

Powerful despite the director's fascist politics.

A ramshackle but incisive view of of post-World War II Yugoslavian/Serbian history. It's audacious, bold, witty and compelling. It's anchored by very human tragedy but takes place within an epic-in-scope cinematic world of freewheelin' excess.

The opening sequence is astonishing cinema.

Prior knowledge of the history of Yugoslavia isn't needed to enjoy the undefinable insanity of this film; making it maybe the most accessible allegorical art-house film ever. There is a kind of spirit manifest here. If ever a movie was 'alive', its this one. I was surprised by how much I was moved by the ending, only to realize how the same ending, done by someone else, enraged me fifteen years later.

Everyone should have a Balkan brass band following them.

Epic tale of the love and loss of a country.

My favourite movie, I love the way the director and his Co play write has mad humoristic moments out of really dark moments in human history. I and still let you understand the seriousness of the story they are telling.

Wonderful film from Kusturica.