I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)

Original title

Skupljaci perja

Directed by

Aleksandar Petrović

Genre

drama film

Country

Yugoslavia

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

U

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the lives of Roma feather gatherers in a rural Serbian village. It centers on a love triangle and the struggles with ethnic and social tensions in their community.

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What happens

I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Serbo-Croatian: Скупљачи перја, Skupljači perja, lit. 'The Feather-Gatherers') is a 1967 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrović. The film is centered on Roma people's life in a village in northern Vojvodina, but it also deals with other themes such as love, ethnic and social relationships. Beside Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Vučo, Bata Živojinović and Mija Aleksić, film features a cast of Roma actors speaking the Romani language. I Even Met Happy Gypsies is considered one of the best films of the Black Wave in Yugoslav cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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