Going Native: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Monday, March 17, 18h, film starts at 21h, € 8 for a two course meal, € 10 for three courses

Every week Going Native takes you on a trip to a country, with a local dish and a movie to match it. This week Bosnia and Herzegovina. The menu is still a mystery, but we do know that Ivo is bringing a Bosnian cook.

This week’s movie is one of the earlier ones from Emir Kusturica: Time of the Gypsies. Perhan is a young Roma gypsy with telekenetic powers. He is lured into a world of petty crime that eventually threatens him and the ones he loves. The imagination of Kusturica is matched by only a few directors alive today. Like his most of his other films, Time of the Gypsies is a journey through a place where music is not just heard but felt, and where life and death are very close to each other. With a beautiful soundtrack by Goran Bregovic. Won the award for Best Director in Cannes and was nominated for the Palm d’Or.