I Even Met Happy Gypsies

I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)

20 Mar 1968 • Drama • 1h 34m
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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...

Aleksandar Petrovic
Writer
Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
Starring

Language: Romanian, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Romany
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 6 nominations total
Country: Yugoslavia
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7.7

IMDb (2535 votes)
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