Arizona Dream
MovieTitle | Arizona Dream |
User score | 7.2 |
Release date | Jan 6, 1993 |
Genre | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Director | Emir Kusturica |
Production country | France, United States of America |
Production companies | Hachette Première, Constellation, Canal+, UGC Films |
Budget | $19,000,000 |
Run time | 142 min. |
An Inuit 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.