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If you like surreal, creative and crazy movies give Emir Kusturica a go.
Time of the Gypsies (1988).
It tells the story of teenage boy, Perhan, and his gypsy family who live in a poor village in Yugoslavia. They take up an offer from the local hustler to take Perhan's sister to hospital to have her leg fixed. They drop her off in Ljubljana then carry on to Italy where Perhan is drawn into the world of prostitution, trafficking in children, and street scams.
It's quite long and covers a few years so in some ways it feels more like a Korean epic than a European movie. There are some dark themes but it's mostly light hearted. Most of the scenes are quite crazy. There are weddings, dancing and music plus a bit of gypsy magic thrown in. There always seems to be a turkey or a goose flapping around. It's very colourful both visually, and with the array of strange characters.
8/10.
Time of the Gypsies (1988).
It tells the story of teenage boy, Perhan, and his gypsy family who live in a poor village in Yugoslavia. They take up an offer from the local hustler to take Perhan's sister to hospital to have her leg fixed. They drop her off in Ljubljana then carry on to Italy where Perhan is drawn into the world of prostitution, trafficking in children, and street scams.
It's quite long and covers a few years so in some ways it feels more like a Korean epic than a European movie. There are some dark themes but it's mostly light hearted. Most of the scenes are quite crazy. There are weddings, dancing and music plus a bit of gypsy magic thrown in. There always seems to be a turkey or a goose flapping around. It's very colourful both visually, and with the array of strange characters.
8/10.
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