View Item - FM-T041-1990

Language:
Other
Category:
Drama
Duration:
136 minutes
Catalog Num:
FM-T041-1990
Title:
Time of the Gypsies
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
F&MS

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

Winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes, Time of the Gypsies is a beguiling inside look at the education of a young gypsy in Eastern Europe. Mixing magical realism, visual humor and dramatic pathos, is is the story of Pheran, a life-loving teen with telekinetic gifts. Lured by promise of wealth, he leaves his beloved Grandmother and girlfriend to join the gang of Ahmed, a flamboyant criminal with a scam for all seasons. Pheran's schooling at Ahmed's hands is at once comic and heartbreaking. Director: Emir Kusturica. Language: Romani. Subtitles: English subtitles. Color: Color. Year: 1990. Format: NTSC.

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