Arizona Dream

(1993)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 796 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Year: 1993

Runtime: 142 мин

Country: France, United States of America

Director: Эмир Кустурица

Cast: Джонни Депп, Джерри Льюис, Фэй Данауэй, Лили Тейлор, Винсент Галло, Паулина Поризкова, Майкл Дж. Поллард, Полли Нунан, Тришиа Ли Фишер, Candyce Mason

Plot

Rebellious young Axel Blackmar gets caught up into the family car business when his cousin, Paul, coaxes him to come to Arizona to attend the wedding of their Uncle Leo. As Axel makes the decision to try selling Cadillacs with his family, he meets an eccentric woman named Elaine and her equally quirky stepdaughter, Grace. Their lives become inextricably intertwined through romance, dreams – and death.

An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.