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Mala uva (2004)
Silly but enjoyable black comedy
My wife & I enjoyed this comedy, even though the characters were outlandish caricatures, the story was preposterous, and the ending was absurd. It is generally hard to sustain comedy, which is why so few good ones are made, but this movie kept our interest. Even though the theme is dark, it reminded me of slapstick--it's funny even though you sort of know what to expect. There probably wasn't enough material for 94 minutes, but there was enough to keep us laughing. The lead was played by the venerable actor, Sancho Gracia, now 75 years old, who was also one of the writers, apparently his only noteworthy effort in this direction. The supporting actors were also quite good, especially Ágata Lys as the police detective.
Keeping Mum (2005)
Very amusing and delightfully immoral!
I couldn't help but think one reason this film was not more popular may have been due to the clash of values: immoral behavior in an ostensibly Christian household. On the other hand, Christianity involves a clash of forces of good and evil, spiritually embodied in God and the Devil. It reminded me a little of the classic black comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace," originally a play that Frank Capra later made into a movie.
At a deeper level, the film is a little bit like Bulgakov's novel (and TV miniseries,) "The Master and Margarita," in which the devil comes to town to do evil and inadvertently also does some good. However, it is less clear whether the deaths are the work of the devil or simply the course of fate, but in either case, humans are not in control of their destinies. In contrast, in "Keeping Mum," Rosie has no qualms about deciding the fate of others.
(Don't read further if you haven't seen the film.) I found the ending disappointing because the water inspectors had really done nothing to deserve to die and seeing them at the bottom of the pond was neither surprising nor amusing. To not clean up a pond polluting the water of the town, knowingly poisoning innocents, was not the message of the story.