Fargo

Writers and Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Runtime: 99'
Year of Production: 1996

Jerry, a car salesmanin a small town in Minnesota, is drowning into dept when he comes up with an outrageous plan: to hire two criminals to kidnap his wife and then ask for ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. What starts however as a low-risk scam soon develops into a true blood-shed, which draws the attention of the local police and particularly Marge's, a pregnant detective who undertakes to solve the case.

Twenty-five years since its first release, two won Academy Awards (Original Screenplay and Best Actress) and the Directing Award in Cannes Film Festival, "Fargo" is by now a reference point not only in the Coen brothers' filmography but generally in pop culture, having subsequently nourished television with one of the most successfull TV franchises' in the last years.

A screenplay of thin balances that highlights the eccentricity without slipping in caricature, the inventive use of the mid-west local dialect and mostly the obsession with detail set out the ground on which develop some of the most emblematic characters of the Coenian universe, who are uniquely performed by a diverse cast with Frances McDormand being prominent, in the role that took-off her career. Hilarious as much as grotesque, framed in a frozen scenary but at the same time so warm at heart, "Fargo" places an astute philosophical comment on the randomness of existence, the irrationality of human nature and the vanity of making plans in a world of coincidences and organised chaos. Kostis Theodosopoulos

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