Story of movie I Even Met Happy Gypsies : I Even Met Happy Gypsies is a 1967 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrovi?. Its original Serbian title is Skuplja?i perja, which means The Feather Gatherers. The film is centered on Romani people's life in a village in northern Vojvodina, but it also deals with subtler themes such as love, ethnic and social relationships. Beside Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Vu?o, Bata Živojinovi? and Mija Aleksi?, film features a cast of Romani actors speaking the Romani language. I Even Met Happy Gypsies is considered one of the best films of the Black Wave in Yugoslav cinema.
| I Even Met Happy Gypsies | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksandar Petrovi? |
| Written by | Aleksandar Petrovi? |
| Starring | Bekim Fehmiu Olivera Vu?o Bata Živojinovi? Gordana Jovanovi? Mija Aleksi? |
| Music by | Aleksandar Petrovi? |
| Cinematography | Tomislav Pinter |
| Edited by | Mirjana Miti? |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Screenplay
The protagonist, Beli Bora Perjar (Bekim Fehmiu), is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his former affair, the kafana singer Len?e (Olivera Katarina), is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa (Gordana Jovanovi?), who is being offered in marriage by her step-father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church. Tisa tries to get to Belgrade, while Bora stabs a man in a knife fight. They are both, therefore, exiled from their Romani camp, yet their adventures continue.
- Bekim Fehmiu as Beli Bora Perjar
- Olivera Katarina, as: Olivera Vu?o as Len?e
- Bata Živojinovi? as Mirta
- Gordana Jovanovi? as Tisa
- Mija Aleksi? as Pavle
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Severin Bijeli? as Bigoted man
- Stojan Decermi? as Hladnja?a driver 1
- Milivoje ?or?evi? as Sandor
- Rahela Ferari as Igumanija
- Etelka Filipovski as Bora's wife
- Milorad Jovanovi? as Toni
- Zoran Longinovi? as Islednik 1
- Branislav-Ciga Milenkovi?
- Bozidar Pavi?evi?-Longa as Hladnja?a driver 2
- Velizar Petrovi?
- Djordje Pura as Islednik 2
- Nina Sajin
- Milivoje Tomi? as Romanian
- Janez Vrhovec as judge
At the 1967 Cannes Film Festival it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize.
The film was nominated for the 1967 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (event in April 1968) and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Bata Živojinovi? also won a Golden Arena award for Best Actor at the 1967 Pula Film Festival for his portrayal of Mirta.
- List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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