Fargo – Best of Cinema

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A car dealer has his wife kidnapped to extort ransom money from his father-in-law. But the plan goes horribly wrong and ends fatally for several people. A two-time Oscar®-winning masterpiece from the Coen brothers!

Unsuccessful car dealer Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is on the brink of financial ruin. To get out of his predicament, he plans the seemingly perfect crime: He hires two gangsters to kidnap his wife (Kristin Rudrüd) and extort a ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. But the bloodless plan escalates into a brutal series of violence that costs the lives of several innocent people. The heavily pregnant policewoman Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) follows in the footsteps of the bungling gang ...

For her brilliant acting performance in this pitch-black comedy by Ethan and Joel Coen ("The Big Lebowski"), Frances McDormand ("Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri") was honored with an Oscar® for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1997, while the Coen brothers received the Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay. At the 1996 Cannes International Film Festival, Joel Coen was awarded the prize for Best Director. With the now two-time Oscar®-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins ("Blade Runner 2049") and composer Carter Burwell ("Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"), the Coens had two long-time companions on board for FARGO.