Montenegro

Montenegro

A sultry, erotic comedy.

1981 · 96 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Dušan Makavejev · Written by Donald Arthur

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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
Dragan Ilić Hassan

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