Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Fargo. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Like Fargo, this one is rooted in guilt. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, cold and detached, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Like Fargo, this one is rooted in loss of innocence and guilt. They share the same lens on class and money, poverty, and corrupt institutions. Same energy: dark comedy, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Both films sit with guilt and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, bleak, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
What ties these together is loss of innocence. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
What ties these together is loss of innocence. Same energy: dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
