Time of the Gypsies was a good movie to watch because of its different genres, ranging from comedy to tragedy. It is not a movie I would normally want to see but I'm glad I was able to watch it.
The movie is about a young innocent boy named Perhan who is in love with a girl called Azra. He leaves with a powerful man, Ahmed, who makes money off of crime. Perhan is a boy of magical power who then adapts to the ways of Ahmed. He makes money and comes back to his town to see that the love of his life Azra, is pregnant. However, he still marries her as promised even though he believes the child is not his own. Unfortunately, Azra dies while giving birth to who may or not be Perhan's son. Perhan had been promised a house from Ahmed that he did not get and had lost all the money he had saved up and therefore plans for revenge against Ahmed. He succeeds in killing Ahmed and his brothers only to be killed himself. The movie ends with a powerful scene in which we see Perhan's body in the coffin and his "son" stealing the coins off his body. This questions us as to whether he is Perhan's actual son or Perhan's uncle's son. This is not the point of the movie however, the point is to show us how simply a young man's life can be changed. The movie is cyclical, it starts off with Perhan being an orphan with magical power and ends with young Perhan being the same way. It shows that even though all this went on, there will always be innocent boys like Perhan and criminals like Ahmed.
The movie gives an outlook to how the other half lives. The movie contains magical realism and approaches it in a realistic way. It shows real life situations with tragedies yet a touch of comedy. It is definitely an interesting movie that I enjoyed watching.
The movie is about a young innocent boy named Perhan who is in love with a girl called Azra. He leaves with a powerful man, Ahmed, who makes money off of crime. Perhan is a boy of magical power who then adapts to the ways of Ahmed. He makes money and comes back to his town to see that the love of his life Azra, is pregnant. However, he still marries her as promised even though he believes the child is not his own. Unfortunately, Azra dies while giving birth to who may or not be Perhan's son. Perhan had been promised a house from Ahmed that he did not get and had lost all the money he had saved up and therefore plans for revenge against Ahmed. He succeeds in killing Ahmed and his brothers only to be killed himself. The movie ends with a powerful scene in which we see Perhan's body in the coffin and his "son" stealing the coins off his body. This questions us as to whether he is Perhan's actual son or Perhan's uncle's son. This is not the point of the movie however, the point is to show us how simply a young man's life can be changed. The movie is cyclical, it starts off with Perhan being an orphan with magical power and ends with young Perhan being the same way. It shows that even though all this went on, there will always be innocent boys like Perhan and criminals like Ahmed.
The movie gives an outlook to how the other half lives. The movie contains magical realism and approaches it in a realistic way. It shows real life situations with tragedies yet a touch of comedy. It is definitely an interesting movie that I enjoyed watching.