| Дом за вешање Dom za vešanje Time of the Gypsies | |
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 Original Yugoslav poster | |
| Directed by | Emir Kusturica |
| Written by | Emir Kusturica Gordan Mihić |
| Produced by | Mirza Pašić Harry Saltzman |
| Starring | Davor Dujmović Bora Todorović Ljubica Adžović |
| Cinematography | Vilko Filač |
| Edited by | Andrija Zafranović |
| Music by | Goran Bregović |
Production company | Forum Sarajevo |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Countries | Yugoslavia Italy |
| Languages | Romani Serbo-Croatian Italian |
Time of the Gypsies (Serbo-Croatian: Дом за вешање, Dom za vešanje, lit. 'Home for Hanging') is a 1988 Yugoslav coming-of-age fantasy crime drama directed by Emir Kusturica. Filmed in Romani and Serbo-Croatian, Time of the Gypsies tells the story of a young Romani man with magical powers who is tricked into engaging in petty crime. It is widely considered to be one of Kusturica's best films. The film's shooting took place in Sarajevo, Skopje and Milan. It was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] At the time of its release, it was the first film to be entirely in Romani.
The film revolves around Perhan, a Romani teenager with telekinetic powers and his passage from childhood to adulthood which starts in a little village in Yugoslavia and ends in the criminal underworld of Milan. The film deals with magic realism.
The film's soundtrack was composed by Goran Bregović.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences