I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Movie · 94 min. · Yugoslavia
Bora the Gypsy is married to an older woman, and he falls in love with the younger Tissa, who is being offered in marriage by her father, to a young gypsy man. This marriage arrangement is according to custom. Tissa rejects her husband, claiming he is not able to consumate the marriage, and Bora joins her. They get a monk in the mountains to marry them. Unable to return to the Gypsy camp, Tissa tries to reach Belgrad on her own, but a couple of truck drivers rape her, and she does return in misery to her tribe. Meanwhile, Bora defends his honour the traditional way, in a knife duwl, and kills his opponent. Therefore he, too, must leave the tribe. And yet, we'll find happy gypsies...
Direction Aleksandar Petrovic
Cast Bekim Fehmiu · Olivera Katarina · Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic · Gordana Jovanovic · Mija Aleksic
Soundtrack Aleksandar Petrovic
Screenplay Aleksandar Petrovic
Cinematography Tomislav Pinter
Original title Skupljaci perja
6.7
105 votes (FilmAffinity)
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