Montenegro (1981)

Montenegro (1981)
Director: Dusan Makavejev
Writers: Donald Arthur (writer)
Dusan Makavejev (writer)
Release Date: 20 January 1982
Genre: Drama - Comedy


* Cast:


Susan Anspach ... Marilyn Jordan
Erland Josephson ... Martin Jordan
Marianna Jacobi ... Cookie Jordan
James Marsh ... Jimmy Jordan (as Jamie Marsh)
John Zacharias ... Grandpa Bill
Per Oscarsson ... Dr. Aram Pazardjian
Marina Lindahl ... Secretary
Bora Todorovic ... Alex Rossignol
Lisbeth Zachrisson ... Rita Rossignol
Svetozar Cvetkovic ... Montenegro
Patricia Gélin ... Tirke
Dragan Ilic ... Hassan
Nikola Janic ... Mustapha
Mile Petrovic ... Zanzi Bar Customer
John Parkinson ... Piano Player


* Plot:


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.