The director of «Underground» signs an initiatory tale on tradition and modernity.
«Promise me this», Comedy of Emir Kusturica, with Uroš Milovanović, Marija Petronijević, Aleksandar Berček. Length 2 h 6.
The Serbian director with two golden palms (for When father was away on business and Underground) comes back with Promise me this, a lively and over powerful fable. The story of a peasant, Tsane, that his grandfather, before dying, sends down town with the mission of bringing back an icon, a souvenir and a bride.
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EK : I am moderately religious, but I consider those who do not believe in the existence of God more limited than those who believe in it. Today, the personality is burst. Only the smell of God gives the unity. Without God, you will never harmonize with the rest of the world.
In Promise me this, there is an opposition between countryside, where Tsane comes from, and the city, where he's initiated to modernity.
EK : Yes, he discovers capitalism, gangsters and property developers. Today, it's obvious that the multinationals are destroying the democracy. But I treated that by the joke and by showing that everywhere we can meet nice people. Tsane finds burlesque twins to guide him. It's a cartoon idea. There's also this kind of buffoon characters in the spaghetti westerns. And I love the cinema of Sergio Leone, his splendid exaggeration. The souvenir that Tsane brings back from the city, it's not a thing, but meetings.
Interview by Marie-Noëlle Tranchant, translation by Matthieu Dhennin
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