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I Even Met Happy Gypsies
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Wikipedia article
'I Even Met Happy Gypsies' is a 1967 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrovi. Its original Serbian title is 'Skupljai 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 Vuo, Bata ivojinovi 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.
Plot
The protagonist, Beli Bora Perjar (Bekim Fehmiu), is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his former affair, the 'kafana' singer Lene (Olivera Vuo), 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.
Cast
* Bekim Fehmiu as Beli Bora Perjar
* Olivera Vuo as Lene
* Bata ivojinovi as Mirta
* Gordana Jovanovi as Tisa
* Mija Aleksi as Pavle
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
* Severin Bijeli as Bigoted man
* Stojan Deermi as Hladnjaa driver 1
* Milivoje orevi as Sandor
* Rahela Ferari as Igumanija
* Etelka Filipovski as Bora's wife
* Milorad Jovanovi as Toni
* Zoran Longinovi as Islednik 1
* Branislav-Ciga Milenkovi
* Boidar Pavievi-Longa as Hladnjaa driver 2
* Velizar Petrovi
* Djordje Pura as Islednik 2
* Nina Sajin
* Milivoje Tomi as Romanian
* Janez Vrhovec as judge
Reception
The film was the most popular film in Belgrade for the year with 400,000 admissions, compared to an average of 60,000.
Awards
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 ivojinovi also won a Golden Arena award for Best Actor at the 1967 Pula Film Festival for his portrayal of Mirta.
See also
* 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
References
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