Sarajevo-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica has been a leading figure in world cinema. His features such as WHEN FATHER WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS, TIME OF THE GYPSIES, UNDERGROUND and BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT are renowned for their depiction of unrestrained earthy desires, raucous ethnic music and poetic magical realism. Filmmaker and collaborator Marie-Christine Malbert profiles the outspoken director at work on LIFE IS A MIRACLE, as he presides over the Cannes film festival jury, and performing with No Smoking, his Gypsy rock band.