Perhan is a teenage gypsy boy with telekinetic powers. A wealthy gypsy, Ahmed, visits the village and promises to get Perhan's sister the medical treatment she needs if they go with him to Italy. Perhan soon discovers that Ahmed's business activities are quite shady and he is soon lured into Ahmed's world.
Highly rated but directed by Emir Kusturica, whose movies seem to be highly rated regardless of their quality. 'Underground' deserves its kudos - it is genuinely brilliant - but I found 'Black Cat, White Cat' and 'Arizona Dream' quite empty, more style than substance, and the latter quite pretentious.
Unfortunately, 'Time of the Gypsies' falls more in the category of the latter two than of 'Underground'. Like those two this film is full of irritating characters, thus limiting your engagement level. Even Perhan, the "hero" of the story, isn't entirely likeable.
The plot and editing don't help either. The film takes forever to go anywhere and when it does it's still not that interesting. For the most part the film just drifts. More focus and a culling of many unnecessary scenes would have helped a lot.
There are some interesting scenes and sub-plots but these just lure you into thinking that the film is about to kick up a gear but then it goes back to circling the drain.
Dull and disappointing.
Highly rated but directed by Emir Kusturica, whose movies seem to be highly rated regardless of their quality. 'Underground' deserves its kudos - it is genuinely brilliant - but I found 'Black Cat, White Cat' and 'Arizona Dream' quite empty, more style than substance, and the latter quite pretentious.
Unfortunately, 'Time of the Gypsies' falls more in the category of the latter two than of 'Underground'. Like those two this film is full of irritating characters, thus limiting your engagement level. Even Perhan, the "hero" of the story, isn't entirely likeable.
The plot and editing don't help either. The film takes forever to go anywhere and when it does it's still not that interesting. For the most part the film just drifts. More focus and a culling of many unnecessary scenes would have helped a lot.
There are some interesting scenes and sub-plots but these just lure you into thinking that the film is about to kick up a gear but then it goes back to circling the drain.
Dull and disappointing.