Skupljaci perja

During the past few years I've been making an effort to see a number of lesser-known Academy Award nominees from throughout the decades, especially foreign movies. One that I'd read about wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to find is Aleksandar Petrovic's "Skupljaci perja" ("I Even Met Happy Gypsies" in English; the Serbo-Croat title means "The Feather-Gatherers"). Well, I managed to find a copy in a local video store.*

The movie focuses on a Roma man and his relationship with two women in a village in rural Yugoslavia (I assume that it's present-day Serbia). Part of what's interesting about the movie is that it shows us a culture that we rarely get to see (by contrast, do we really need another movie where Tom Cruise narrowly avoids all danger?). The movie looks kind of amateurish, but a movie doesn't have to be fancy to tell a good story. I recommend it if you can find a copy.

Sorry about writing the title and director's name incorrectly. For some reason, IMDb no longer allows diacritics on consonants.

*This just goes to show why we still need video stores. Trust me, this isn't the sort of movie that the streaming services are going to offer.