Wonderful character development!

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This film has a little bit of everything: comedy, love, drama, success, and failure. This Kusturica film has the viewer enticed throughout, by relating to anyone who's dreamed of achieving something great. The protagonist, Perhan, starts as a young boy and learns the good and the bad parts of growing up and having increased responsibilities for himself and for his family. He learns that the world isn't always what it seems and you have to adapt to the situations around you. Kusturica employs many elements of magical realism within the film, by having Perhan and his grandmother have special abilities, which are seen as rare, but normal within the film. Since Perhan and his family are gypsies, they make do with very little and find ways to survive. There are many occurrences in which Perhan is tasked with choosing between his family and opportunities to make money and the viewers find themselves asking what they would do if they found themselves in the same situation.This movie is directed wonderfully and gives a true and gritty look into the struggle one faces while trying to move up in the world and become successful. Kusturica also works to ensure its authenticity by having the film spoken in the native tongue of Romany. I highly recommend this film to anyone who is looking for a different take on the coming-of-age story.

I watched "Time of the gypsies" when I was an adolescent boy. When I could not speak a word in English. Until nowadays I could still remember what I felt when I watch this movie but not the title of movie and I didn't know why I could remember. But now I understand why.. This movie has very strong power to make an impression specially when it comes to magical realism, I can still remember how I was amazed when Perhan use his ability. This movie felt like some busy festival where gypsies are dancing and Singing around. Which is exactly what I felt like when I was young. 2 hours of me in the middle of gypsy festival.

"Time of the Gypsies" directed by Emir Kusturica is spoken in Romany throughout the film. The original title, "Dom za vesanje" which literally means "Home for Hanging", hints self- destructiveness in the film. At first, the film is introduced in a comical atmosphere. The protagonist, Perhan, is a young, honest Romany raised by his grandmother. He is now a grown-up but only thing he has is a kinetic power that enables him to move an empty can. His sister is sick, and his uncle just ate Perhan's turkey (the one and only thing that Perhan had, other than his kinetic power). Perhan falls in love with Azra but her mother refuses him; and he tries to hang himself. Then Perhan moves out to city with Ahmed to cure his sister, and there he is introduced to a world of crime. And the mood of the film begins to change.The second half of the film concentrates on corruption of Perhan's soul, his revenge and the self-destruction; and paradoxically the hope of redemption when Perhan undergoes all the above. Through magical realism, Kusturica successfully demonstrates ups and downs of a life. The border between real life and dream is blurred and the audiences are somewhat relieved from the tragedies by the dream-like real life sequences.Music is also a big element in this film. Each characters has somewhat like theme songs, and it is interesting that Perhan's is played by himself with an accordion in the film.Also, to show the ups and downs, the plot seems to have a cyclical structure. Choices that Perhan makes throughout the film sometimes ends in success and sometimes ends in tragedy. Either way, the characters, the plot, and also the mood end the same as they began.

Directed by Emir Kusturica, the same amazing director that made "When Father Was Away on Business", produces an amazing drama of the boy Perhan; An orphan with telekinetic powers who lives in a small village and joins a caravan of misfits on a journey through Italy. I believe seeing this as one entity would be foolish. Dividing it into two parts would do the movie more good. During the first half of the movie, we see Perhan living on the village side with his grandmother, crippled sister and his uncle. Later, more precisely midway through the film, we see the mood of the movie switch dramatically. It starts out as a light hearted comedy, but when Ahmed, the kind of Gypsies, drives through the town to collect crippled children and dwarfs, we see it switch to a more tragic and serious tone. This continues throughout the entire movie, as Perhan decides to Join the caravan, in exchange for healing her sister's leg. As excepted, it all unfolds as a lie story and tragedy- where no one keeps promises and friendship is built on lies."Time of the Gypsies" is an amazing visual treat - it shows a healthy amount of surrealism of sound, element, scene and story. Perhan's adventures truly represent the nature of the human heart, a persons loss of innocence, the difficulty of growing up and losing dreams.Two specific parts that affected me very personally and emotionally in the movie, were the dream sequences that Perhan experiences. I believe "Time of the Gypsies" is one of the best movies to re create dream sequences in a realistic and believable way. The sheer beauty of the scenery and camera work can not be stressed enough. The first dream functions as a transpositions of images; so powerful that it could easily be the single highlight of the movie. The second dream sequence is scenery of madness, depravity and distance from his loved ones. A lot of times, it is very hard to distinguish the dreams from the actual movie, but that is what makes it magical and unreal.After watching the movie, I felt a little bit sad. I felt Perhan had been told throughout the entire movie that life is just a mirage. Maybe life is just a mirage, and what we do is pointless. But believing in making a difference is very important. I believe Perhan understood that at the end. If it was for the better or worse, would be up to the viewer to decide.