Time of the Gypsies
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
Winner of the Best Director Award for Emir Kusturica, 1989 Cannes Film Festival
Perhan, a naive young gypsy, lives with his family and a turkey in a shabby house. Disappointed that he couldn't marry his charming neighbor Azra, Perhan agrees one day to go to Italy with Ahmed, a criminal godfather, in order to earn enough money to treat his sister Danira's sick legs.
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica is a Bosnian-born Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He is one of the most acclaimed European filmmakers since the mid-1980s, best known for his surreal yet naturalistic films that express deep empathy for people on the margins of society. He was selected at the Cannes Film Festival five times and won the Palme d'or twice, for When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and Underground (1995), as well as the Best Director Award for Time of the Gypsies (1988). Kusturica has won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Arizona Dream (1993), and two Silver Lions at the Venice Film Festival for Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) and Black Cat, White Cat (1998).
