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Montenegro (1981)
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.
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Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance
Written By:Donald Arthur, Dušan Makavejev, Branko Vučićević
In Theaters:10/9/1981
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Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:Viking Film, Europa Film, Smart Egg Pictures
Cast
Dušan Makavejev
Director
Susan Anspach
Marilyn Jordan
Erland Josephson
Martin Jordan
Marianna Jacobi
Cookie Jordan
Jamie Marsh
Jimmy Jordan
John Zacharias
Grandpa Bill
Per Oscarsson
Dr. Aram Pazardjian
Marina Lindahl
Secretary
Borivoje Todorović
Alex Rossignol
Lisbeth Zachrisson
Rita Rossignol
Svetozar Cvetković
Montenegro
Patricia Gélin
Tirke
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