I Even Met Happy Gypsies

19671h 18mAleksandar Petrović
I Even Met Happy Gypsies

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Cycle: Aleksandar Petrović / Les films

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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.

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Release Date

January 1, 1967

Languages

Serbo-Croatian

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