The film takes place in Fargo, Minnesota in 1987, a car manager plans to build a parking lot, but his rich father-in-law has refused to lend him money to support him, so he finds two mobster bunglers to kidnap his own wife in order to blackmail his father-in-law for a million dollars, however, things don’t go according to the plan, and instead, things get more and more complicated when the two bunglers kill the However, things don’t go according to plan, and things get more complicated when the two thieves kill a state trooper and two innocent witnesses during the kidnapping, and the situation becomes untenable.
Known for its dark humor and bizarre plot, the film’s opening credits state that it is “based on true events”, but the plot is actually fictional.
1996 / USA, UK / Drama, Thriller, Crime / Joel Coen / William H. Macy Steve Buscemi
Plot Synopsis:
Car manager Shelly (William H. Macy) has the perfect plan to build a parking lot, and he repeatedly asks his rich father-in-law Willie for money, but the penny-pinching Willie never agrees.
Shelly has no choice but to find Cael (Steve Buscemi) and Kia (Peter Stormare) and ask them to kidnap his wife to blackmail Willie for a million dollars and give him a 40,000 dollar honorarium when the job is done.
The 3 men hit it off.
When Shelly returns home, Willie tells him he can think about his plan.
Overjoyed, Shelly immediately found Willie, but Willie is not to borrow money, but want to invest in their own.
A disappointed Shelly returns home to find his wife has been kidnapped.
Kao and Kia accidentally kill a policeman and two passers-by when they escape after the kidnapping is successful, and things start to get bigger and bigger ……
