Fargo (Best of Cinema) / Fargo

Der in finanziellen Nöten steckende Autoverkäufer Jerry Lundegaard engagiert zwei ominöse Gestalten, die seine Frau kidnappen sollen, um dann selbst das Lösegeld einzukassieren. Doch eine routinemäßige Verkehrskontrolle hat fatale Folgen. Die hochschwangere Polizeichefin des Provinznestes Brainerd, Marge Gunderson, beginnt mit den Ermittlungen..

English:
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 ...