I Even Met Happy Gypsies

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Skupljači perja I Even Met Happy Gypsies

Directed by	Aleksandar Petrović
Written by	Aleksandar Petrović
Starring	Bekim Fehmiu Olivera Vučo Bata Živojinović Gordana Jovanović Mija Aleksić
Music by	Aleksandar Petrović
Cinematography	Tomislav Pinter
Editing by	Mirjana Mitić
Release date(s)	1967
Running time	94 min.
Language	Serbo-Croat
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I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Serbian: Skupljači perja, literally translated as The Feather Gatherers) is a 1967 Yugoslavian film by Yugoslav director Aleksandar Petrović. The movie uses gypsy melodies and was shot in the Romani language.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Awards
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

The protagonist, Bora (Bekim Fehmiu), is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence (Olivera Vuco), is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa (Gordana Jovanović), who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the mountains. Tisa tries to get to Belgrade, while Bora kills a man in a knife fight. They are both, therefore, exiled from their gypsy camp, yet their adventures continue.

[edit] Cast

Bekim Fehmiu as Bora
Olivera Vučo as Lence
Bata Živojinović as Mirta
Gordana Jovanović as Tisa
Mija Aleksić as Pavle

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Severin Bijelić as Bigoted man
Stojan Decermić as Hladnjaca driver 1
Milivoje Đorđević as Sandor
Rahela Ferari as Igumanija
Etelka Filipovski as Bora's wife
Milorad Jovanović as Toni
Zoran Longinović as Islednik 1
Branislav-Ciga Milenković
Bozidar Pavičević-Longa as Hladnjaca driver 2
Velizar Petrović
Djordje Pura Islednik 2
Nina Sajin
Milivoje Tomić as Romanian
Janez Vrhovec as judge

[edit] Awards

The film garnered three nominations and three wins. It was nominated for the 1968 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, for a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, and for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film at the 1969 Golden Globes. It won the FIPRESCI Prize and the the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, and Bekim Fehmiu also won a Golden Arena award for "Best Actor" at the 1966 Pula Film Festival for his portrayal of Bora.