TIME OF THE GYPSIES
A Screen Romance
You're wasting my youth.
Twelve hours I'm a bride
and he's stinking drunk in the gutter!
They want to ruin my life! Screw me up with brain injection,
but I escaped.
I'm not that crazy.
They order me to drink potions. To swallow light bulbs.
Light bulbs!
They bind my soul and lead it like a dancing bear.
They want to clip my wings. What's a spirit without wings?
My soul is free.
Free as a bird.
It soars high, then swoops below.
Sometimes it weeps, other times it sings and laughs.
When God came down to earth,
He couldn't deal with the Gypsies
and took the next flight back up. It's not my fault.
Roll for Papa!
Beat that!
Oh, God, help me. Screw that. Just this once.
Do You even exist, God?
I've lost everything.
I wouldn't mind if I was losing to a man,
but this is a pig I'm fattening.
A hundred.
He wins and laughs.
All right, God! Let the filthy pig win!
But let's make a deal, You and me.
You just let me win today
and I'll believe in You. Promise!
I swear I'll believe in You.
I'd bet my life to win from this pig!
For once, do something for the Gypsies.
Do that for me, instead of helping this pig!
Help me just this once!
Crawl back into the gutter!
You've ruined my wedding day!
Drown in gin, you slime!
God help me. Don't forget our deal, God.
Your house will be whitewashed like snow.
After the house, I'll have the doctor fix my leg.
Hatidza, here's the money.
What is it, love?
God bless you for saving my husband.
I went to the market, but sold nothing.
Here, take this turkey.
A small gift to bring you luck.
I don't take payment for curing the sick.
A little bit more, little bit more.
God bless you and your children!
Eat. Eat.
Perhan.
Please don't cry, Danira.
Perhan, look what I've brought you.
For me?
For you alone, yes! You do as you're told.
You're Grandma's boy. I'd give you anything, even my heart.
Especially for me?
Yes. You take care of your sister.
You work hard. Hard! I'd give you my soul.
Mama, whose bird is this?
I just gave it to Perhan.
Perhan? What about me? Everything for the grandson?
He does as he's told.
As he's told? I'm your son. Not him.
Nothing ever for me! Am I a war criminal?
- I'll go back to Germany! - Don't be stupid.
Stupid? Who's being stupid?
Who's being stupid?
Just leave me alone.
This for Perhan! That for Perhan!
I'll leave you all. I'll go back to Germany.
That's my home, understand?
You and your darling Perhan can rot here in Yugoslavia!
Leave me alone!
You've shamed me, that's what you've done.
Shamed me!
Why are you hitting me?
Hey, where's your little Casanova?
Get down!
Get down here so we can talk!
See what he's done to my daughter!
I'll tear his eyes out!
I'll slit his throat!
Keep your hands off me. Don't push me.
Where is he? Find him right now!
I want to see him!
Calm down.
No! Get your son now!
So I can strangle him blue.
I'm going to kill him!
To slaughter him!
He's shamed my daughter!
He's filled my girl's belly
and she's not even 13 yet!
- Why tell me? - I'll kill you! And him!
- I'm going to kill you! - Kill me?
- You're just a slut! - Watch your mouth!
- This is my place! - Go get your son!
That's enough!
You liked it? You liked it
when you were lying under him?
Are you trying to squeeze money out of us?
Is that the game? I bet it is!
Your son is screwing the whole town.
My brother will castrate him.
Sit down.
I'm sitting down.
Bring your son here face to face!
If he wants her,
you can't do a thing about it.
Whenever she looks at him she flutters her eyelids,
winking and blinking, like the turn signals on a car.
Winking and blinking?
Horny little bitch!
Shame on you, you senile slut!
Winged sunbird. Winged sunbird.
Another sick person to heal, child?
No, it's not that.
Mama's turned the house upside down.
She wants it whitewashed for St George's Day.
Winged sunbird.
Perhan! Bag some lime for Azra.
The special stuff.
Go on.
I've come to buy some lime.
Lime?
Fine.
Scram!
Sit down.
Who'll lug such a big sack for you?
Me, I suppose. Unless you help me.
Do you know how lime is made?
Listen.
Temperature is the most important thing.
If you don't keep the fire hot,
the limestone won't get properly baked.
The fire is the heart of it. The wood burns.
The smoke passes through the neck of the kiln.
The iron plate becomes red hot.
The limestone burns and then goes out, goes out.
In the end, only the white powder remains.
Only God knows just how much heat is needed.
Do you know how to kiss?
Without lime, no white houses and plum jam would be bitter.
I said, can you kiss?
Grandma says the lime was the breast of Mother Stone.
But Mother Forest and Mother Stone quarrelled.
Mother Forest then bit off Mother Stone's breast.
That's why lime is as white as milk.
Earth gave birth to it.
Water baptised it,
and Fire nursed it.
You've never even seen a kiss.
I have. At the movies.
Stop it!
How long can you kiss without breathing?
About 15 to 20 minutes.
Go away.
God,
your lips are like magnets!
Want to see something?
Watch.
Watch the tin can.
It's a mirage!
Sit still!
So, who's here to beg for her hand?
I am.
You? Marry her? Hear that?
The little jerk's come to spoil the holiday.
A scarecrow wants to marry your daughter.
Get inside!
No, stay here, Azra.
What? Do as you're told!
I'm telling you to stay.
And I said get inside! Are you deaf?
You've burned me out!
Sucked me dry! You're destroying me!
I've eaten my heart out for your sake!
Is this how you thank me?
And you! A cross-eyed soldier's bastard!
A half-breed mongrel! Penniless!
What are you waiting for?
Get out of here at once!
What are you, a deaf-mute?
With lockjaw?
Silent as the grave!
Speak up! What's the matter with you?
Oh God, where are You?
Help!
Neighbours!
I'm being assassinated!
He's going to kill me! Help, somebody!
Let me live five more minutes so I can poke your eyes out!
Crazed wife-killer!
Murderer!
Help! Police! Anyone! Fire department!
You bastard! Why are you punishing me, God?
I'll boil you into soup!
Dearest Grandma,
I tried three times to marry
and I have failed.
This world has no place for me.
I shall swallow this letter to avoid the shame
that I killed myself because of a woman.
She is a goddess,
and her mother a rattlesnake who guards her from me.
Your Perhan.
I'll jump over my shadow, or change my life.
One, two, three.
Jump!
Screw you, shadow!
The moon is laughing
Azra!
Scram!
Up the crying flies Dawn the laughter dies
In the stars our cries rise
Around the fire my shadow dances
And what's this fine fowl plotting at this hour?
Azra!
Azra, I adore you!
I'll be right there!
Only politicians should be hanging themselves.
Get down this minute!
You little fool!
It's not right to hang yourself in a church.
Neighbour. Open up!
Open up! Hatidza, it's me, Zabit.
Come in, my friend, and God bless you.
- Happy St George's Day. - To you, too, God willing.
Sit down.
I've brought this donkey boy here.
I found him somewhere, I won't tell you where.
What are you doing?
Crying!
Is the girl crying, too?
Yes.
She's unhappy, too.
Make some music for Grandma.
I'll bring the accordion.
If you were my son and hanged yourself,
I'd kill you!
Here's the accordion.
Play the one Grandma loves, go on.
Outside, it's absolutely romantic!
If we were young,
we could dance in the fields.
Why shouldn't I dance with such a handsome stud?
How about this, eh?
Absolutely romantic!
You'll burn me!
Grandma,
are you asleep?
Yes, you go to sleep, too.
Grandma!
Come here.
Was my mother very beautiful?
Like a forest nymph.
When she was carrying Danira,
her belly swelled up like a barrel.
I went to the old fortune-teller
who said she was bewitched.
She cast a spell, but it didn't help.
So I decided
to take her to the mosque.
Germany's my home!
Merdzan! Why didn't you go back to Germany?
She was very sick.
The imam read the Koran over her.
It was in vain. We went to the doctor.
A dangerous illness. Pills, injections, all useless.
She died in my arms. So young, so beautiful.
God gives. God takes away. What could I do?
Why am I a "soldier's bastard"?
Your father was Slovenian.
He did his military service here.
I am a soldier's bastard.
Ruza was right.
Let whoever says that eat dung!
You're Grandma's darling.
Go to sleep now. Sleep, sleep.
Here it comes
Our big day
St George's Day
All my friends
Are dancing together
Celebrating this day
Oh mother, all the people
All the people
Father, father, all the people
St George's Day St George's Day
Oh mother, all the people together
All my friends
Are dancing together
Celebrating this day!
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight...
All my friends
Are dancing together
Celebrating this day!
Go, dear Daddy
And buy us a lamb
All the Romany people
Are sacrificing the lambs
Father, father, all the people
Oh mother, all the people
St George's Day St George's Day
Oh mother All the people together
Go back!
You're not coming with me. Stay with Danira.
Are you deaf?
Gather round to see Who's back from Italy
Ahmed, the Gypsy Sheik Our big champ
Gather round to see Who's back from Italy
How are you Ahmed, the rich man? Fine car!
How's life, Ahmed?
So elegant!
Lovely white suit!
A few hands of cards?
At noon, usual place.
No problem. I'll be there.
Ahmed, give me some money
for escaping from the madhouse.
I've come in good faith
to ask for your daughter's hand.
Go on, get lost! Now!
I don't want you hanging around.
It's my Grandma's wish as well.
You want to marry Azra?
What trade have you got?
What have you got to offer?
You can spin tin cans!
Get a job and spin some money!
Calm down! Calm down!
My daughter is a jewel. You don't deserve her.
I told you a hundred times, the answer's no!
- Go home! - Calm down! Calm down!
Buzz off!
Grandma, come. Help us.
I let none of the others have her.
Don't bite my grandson's head off!
Ah! Grandma.
You sound like you want to kill him!
What will you drink?
Nothing at all.
I've come here to get a wife for my boy
and I've brought money.
Money.
Whatever it takes. See? See?
Your grandson's nothing to me.
What can he do?
Slide spoons and cans up and down!
Why can't he slide some cash into the bank?
Teach him.
You know everything.
Your little pile of money is a joke.
My daughter's worth millions!
She's too good for them all.
Azra! Come here!
Take a look at her. A white beauty.
So proud of your divine daughter!
So proud!
Right, just look at her.
I'm looking. So what?
She's splendid.
Take that boy of yours and get out!
I'll be back. You'll kiss my feet!
What a joke. You asking for my daughter's hand!
I have powers, you know. I can curse you.
I can do evil!
You'll beg to kiss my feet!
Get out. Both of you!
Come on, cheer up.
It's never too late to jump in the river
or to get married. Grandma's darling.
Have you sold much lime?
No, business is bad.
When will you repay your debt?
Tomorrow.
We're leaving tomorrow.
Where are you going?
Where?
Where there are no police.
Try wiping out your debt.
Two cards.
Uncle!
Uncle! Uncle! Uncle!
Come home quick! Robert's choking!
Mama, save me!
These fiends,
they'll hunt me down.
Dry off and go to bed.
No! They're dangerous. I'm in debt to them!
Let me dream.
They're criminals. I need money badly.
I'll find it.
Come on, you cheap witch.
Give me that filthy money at once!
Give it to me!
Give it to me, or I'll kill all of you!
Give it to me!
Do you hear, you witch?
I want that money!
This is your last warning. This is your last chance.
There's no money. What's mine is yours.
You've got some hidden in your pants!
You're saving it for your wedding!
Let go! Let go!
I need this money!
Cough it up right now or I'll slaughter you!
You've destroyed our home with your gambling.
Oh, yeah? I'll show you a destroyed home!
Go to hell or give me the money at once!
There's no money here, lunatic!
Where would I find any? I'm dirt poor.
It's pouring. You'll wreck the house,
and the little one's terrified.
Go away!
You'll see what I can do!
Without a father
I was born
My mother cared for me
My dear old mother I'll never forget her
Don't you weep, mother dear
You see that I've grown up
I'll take forever care of you
As you took care of me
Without a father I was born
My mother cared for me
When you find the money, I'll lower the house.
I don't care how, just find me money!
Don't you weep, mother dear
You see that I've grown up
You've lost your mind.
You belong in a madhouse.
Once upon a time,
the Sky and Earth were man and wife.
They had five children.
Sun,
Moon,
Fire,
Cloud,
and Water.
Between themselves
they created a fine place for their children.
The unruly Sun
tried to part
the Earth from the Sky, but failed.
The other children failed, too.
But one day,
the Wind lunged at them and the Earth was parted from the Sky.
Hatidza!
Come and save my son!
Quick! Stop him from dying!
Blood is the great secret. Blood is strength.
His soul hasn't awakened yet.
Merdzan, my sunshine! Who did this to you?
His brothers.
I cure your son and this is how you repay me?
Get out of here!
I'm sorry.
Shaming my son like this, my only child.
This is how you thank me?
I didn't know, I swear! May the earth swallow me.
I'll flay them alive for this!
I have money here. Take as much as you like.
I don't want your money.
- Your family's scum. - Watch it!
Keep your gratitude, vermin.
Lucky for you, you saved my child.
Leave it to Grandma.
You slaughtered my turkey! I'll slaughter you!
Forget the turkey, I'll buy you a hundred more.
Stop it, both of you, understand?
Stop it, both of you. Stop it, understood?
You stay here!
- I'll buy you 300 turkeys! - It was mine!
What have you done, you monster?
What's with you?
Shame on you!
Attack your uncle, you twerp?
When I get hold of you, I'll break your spine.
Then I'll cut your throat.
For dessert,
I'll knock your teeth out
and crush you like a rotten pumpkin!
You dare raise your hand to me
when you should
kiss my feet, you bastard!
Where are you going? Sit down.
Let's talk.
You want to repay me for Robert?
No doctor could have done it.
Go on.
See that little girl?
See her leg?
There's a hospital in Ljubljana
where they lengthen bones.
Fix her up and we're even.
I'm going to Italy.
I'll go through Ljubljana.
I won't let her go alone. I'll go with her.
A family man. Fine!
I'll take you all.
Don't cry, Danira.
I won't go to the hospital.
I'm scared I'll die in there.
Don't be afraid.
Merdzan! What have you done, you idiot?
You should be ashamed.
Leave him alone, he's crazy.
The devil's possessed him. Look at my house.
Are you worried?
You'll have no trouble with them.
Is it hereditary?
The leg?
No, your powers. Have they inherited them?
Only Perhan...a little.
Like what?
Nothing useful.
Perhan,
come and see the Sheik.
Show him what you can do!
Come on.
Come show the Sheik.
He's going to help cure your sister.
I can't.
Show him, you hear?
I can't!
He'll take your sister to the hospital to fix her leg.
Elvis, Jashar, Rambo, run and get your instruments.
Take care of them like your own.
They're my life.
Don't worry, we have a fine driver.
She'll soon have legs like Marilyn Monroe.
Neighbour! May your granddaughter return healthy and happy.
One, two, three, four.
Here it came, oh Mother
A black train
It came one dark morning
A letter arrived that said
Come with us.
There is room for you.
How can I? I'm old and sick. I can't come.
Don't cry. They'll fix your leg and you'll come home soon.
If I could be sure.
I forgot the food. Don't cry, Danira.
It's sudden, I know. When I'm gone, think about us.
Please wait for me. Be faithful.
I'll write soon.
When I return, I'll make you a movie star.
My sister will live with us. Grandma, too.
All right.
If you see my uncle Merdzan around, stay out of his way.
- All right. - Good.
Don't cry, Grandma.
You'll need clear eyes to watch over my bride-to-be.
Take better care of her than you would me.
I cry when my heart aches.
St George's Day
is coming
and I will not be home
Look after your sister.
I will. I will.
Don't cry
My poor mother
I'll come back home someday
Don't cry
My poor mother
I'll come back home someday
St George's Day
is coming
and I will not be home
St George's Day
is coming
and I will not be home
Irfan!
Then King Wind
lunged against his mother and
Earth parted from the Sky.
Don't cry, Danira.
Be a big girl now.
Promise you won't leave me with them.
Yes, but don't cry.
But I'm afraid.
Be brave.
Mama!
It's our mother.
Do you see her?
- Is she beautiful? - Very!
Tell me.
She has hair, eyes, a nose,
a mouth... everything!
Here we are!
Hello, Doctor!
I telephoned before.
Oh, yes, I remember.
Don't leave me alone.
She's frightened.
I've told her when you've finished with her,
she'll have legs like Marilyn Monroe.
We'll do our best. What's your name, dear?
Danira Feric.
Danira Feric. Sweetheart!
Don't worry, Comrade Tito was treated here.
Right, let's examine her.
Doctor, I'm staying with her.
Healthy people can't stay here. Leave us.
Wait, Ahmed!
Leave us.
Sorry.
You must undertake to pay her medical fees.
My brother will come tomorrow to sign for her.
How can you ask to stay with her?
Who'll feed you? Where will you sleep?
What are you thinking?
To take a sick person's bed?
I promised Grandma.
I promised I'd get her leg fixed, and I will.
Look,
come to Italy with me.
Earn some cash for a house.
Mr Ahmed, please!
It's osteomyelitis. We'll have to operate.
Now what?
Operations aren't cheap, get it?
Perhan!
Don't leave me!
Come here.
Perhan!
You said you'd stay with me!
Wait!
Where are you going?
You promised!
It's hard for you now,
but when I make you rich,
you'll thank me.
Who are they?
I bought them on the way.
Why?
As company for Robert.
He's happy suckling in company, like puppies.
A man wants a breast all for himself.
Who would sell their little kids?
Those who have to, that's who.
A man has 11 kids, finds a girlfriend.
She gives him twins like these two,
and she's married, too!
To hide the scandal they dump them on me.
Look at them,
just one night's work!
Zef, the western's already started.
Where the hell were you?
Strip!
Learn your trade.
Go on in.
You're next.
Screw you!
Looking for trouble?
Whoever approaches, say 80.
If he says 50, you accept.
Get going.
They're skinning me alive! Read that!
Six years back taxes, two fines, three misdemeanours.
If I don't pay up, they'll deport me.
What's it got to do with me?
I have to pay for your sister. With what?
Read! You'll see.
Bleeding me dry!
This time,
I'm...totally bankrupt.
And there's Robert's hospital bill in Florence.
I almost forgot that. Help me, boy.
I'll help you, but honestly!
What honest work can you do?
One at a time. Hello, my darling.
Ah! Well done! Thanks, thanks.
Zef!
Cough it up!
You, Bosnian guy! Come back.
Jump!
Who told you to do that?
- Nobody. - Untie him!
He doesn't want to work? Fine!
His sister won't be cured.
He won't build a house or get married.
Give him money and let him fuck off.
You can pick up your sister in Ljubljana.
I'm sorry for her.
As for you,
you can live like a dog!
Live off bones in the dust.
Give him money and send him home.
Perhan, look. Perhan, look.
Dearest Grandma,
I'm alive and well, so don't worry about me.
I'm in Milan.
It's a king's life. The beauty and wealth would amaze you.
It's like a dream.
A vision.
If you were here, my joy would be complete.
Ahmed was right. We could make pots of money here.
Please keep a close eye on Azra.
Make sure her feet don't see
more sky than earth.
I understand now that God has plans for us all.
Ahmed's like a father.
He speaks Italian, knows his way around.
He's got his people everywhere.
Lawyers, judges, priests, police.
I've earned a lot,
and I'll build a house like Ahmed's. Italian style.
Pure white, with a painting of a great church on the side.
Don't worry about Danira.
The doctor is Ahmed's man.
What gift do you want? I bought a tiny TV for Merdzan.
He will have the world in his palm. The latest technology.
I want a very expensive wedding.
The whole town will remember Perhan and Ana's day.
Your Perhan.
Where's Irfan?
Did you hear me? Where's Irfan?
I don't know.
Where's Irfan?
He disappeared.
You idiot!
Why didn't you watch out? Idiot!
Some brother!
Out of my sight! Find him!
But where?
That's your problem. Move!
Come on, come on.
Tears?
Dear God.
That won't do.
What do you lack with us?
Tell me. What's missing?
Have some white coffee,
white bread,
white cheese.
Golden marmalade? Bird's milk? Anything!
Do you want holidays? Sick leave? Tell me.
This is how you thank me?
How ungrateful.
I must be crazy, naive, to have faith in people.
Just remember, no happiness without work.
God damn you all!
What's going on here?
You want to destroy me?
Who's boss here?
Who's in charge?
God poison your blood!
Ahmed? Ahmed?
What's wrong?
My pills! My blood pressure pills!
Who's your husband, me or my brother? Gypsy whore!
Come near.
Come, I have a message from Grandma.
If you don't come home immediately,
a silver-toothed lady will devour you!
The woman of silver teeth is the wolf's victim.
Come on, move it!
Don't you touch me!
Come on! Let's go!
Come on, all of you!
I'm coming. Fuck off!
Get out! Let's go!
Good job. What a nice life, eh?
Everybody to the police station.
To the police station! All except the sick one.
Do what he says. Don't resist them.
That's good, boy. Good work.
You're my son,
my brother.
Are you sending money to Ljubljana for my sister?
The first of every month.
Money for the house, too.
The foundations are already laid.
Today,
you and Robert are all I have.
Dzamila.
All of you.
From today on, Perhan is boss.
You'll obey him, instead of my brothers. Clear?
Clear.
Little man!
Looking for someone?
They're all mine now.
Take a look.
Boy, tell Ahmed
his brother Sadam is not crazy.
I won't go and rot in jail for him.
I leave it
to Zef!
He's the oldest brother.
Let him do it.
Goodbye, my friend!
God damn my brothers.
You buy more kids to work for us.
Get a pregnant girl.
It's easy to get them across the border.
Mmm, a man of stature!
Get some cripples, a dwarf.
God bless you.
The house being built for me, where is it? Can I see it?
Right beside mine, of course.
We're brothers, aren't we?
But don't go near the area.
Why?
The lawyer who got you the passport warned me.
There's a big scandal there. It's in the papers and on TV.
They've made a film about people selling kids abroad.
Stay clear of the place.
Take the Bari ferry to Monte Negro and go into Bosnia.
I want to see Grandma, Azra, and my sister in Ljubljana.
Don't. It's not worth risking your neck.
The cops are investigating.
Here are some addresses. Keep south. Sarajevo, Tuzla.
And find me a wife. I'm throwing Dzamila out.
A woman to your taste, just not skinny or shrivelled.
Have a good trip!
Bye-bye.
Come here. Come here!
I didn't mean to make you unwelcome last time. Forgive us.
I said I'd come back.
My God! Millions!
You don't even have to kiss my feet.
For me?
Well, well, the big businessman!
Made a pile of gold and silver!
Went away and earned a fortune for my daughter.
My God!
Is she married?
No. She's not married.
What could I do? She's a woman!
She did as she pleased.
She ran around and amused herself.
I don't know what to do with her.
I don't know how to deal with her.
And the child in her belly?
Maybe yours.
And you?
What do you think?
Go and ask your uncle.
Christ, what have you done to me?
Here it came, oh Mother A black train
It came one dark morning
Here it came, oh Mother
That black train
A letter arrived that said
I must join the army
A letter arrived that said
I must join the army
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...
You drink too much!
It's crazy!
I specialised in brandy once,
but it doesn't help.
Alcohol softens your brain.
I beg you my Mother
Pray for me
St George's Day is coming
And I will not be home
St George's Day is coming
And I will not be home
I'm asking for forgiveness
From you, my mother and father
Grandma, aren't you glad to see me?
Your Grandma loves you,
but what are you doing to yourself?
Don't be scared. You're here with me.
What's troubling you, Grandma?
Everything's fine with me, thank God.
But you, where's your sister?
In Ljubljana. She'll be sent home any day now.
Get me a brandy.
Why are you crying?
Why is your girl crying?
The whore's unhappy. Even a whore has to cry.
Why don't you believe the child is yours?
Since I started lying myself, I don't believe anyone.
If you believe nothing, God will turn his back on you.
This shirt?
Where did you get it? How?
With these two hands.
And I built a house with them.
Who'll live in it?
You, Grandma. And me.
I won't live there.
It's not God's will that I live in that house.
No! Don't say that!
Once you were honest. Shame on you!
What have you turned into?
Tell me, Grandma.
You were Grandma's boy.
You're not like you used to be. You're rotten.
My son, I'll tell you,
life is only a mirage.
Me, fate may strike me down tomorrow,
so take the money I owe you...now.
What did you do that for?
You'll hurt yourself.
You're absolutely damaging yourself.
Stop the music! You'll drive him crazy.
Get back!
Perhan, wait for me!
Boy, you're drunk all right!
What are you staring at? Go back!
My neighbour's my business.
Lamp!
Scales!
Hotplate!
This is from the best man.
Let's see what's inside.
Quiet, please.
Bread!
Ah, gold!
The limousine's here.
The limousine.
The driver opens the door.
The groom takes the bride by the hand and out of the car.
He carries her over the threshold.
A round of applause!
Her grandma-in-law gives the bride bread and sugar,
so their life will belong and sweet.
The newly-weds kiss!
The bride is led into the house by her grandma-in-law.
The groom is pelted
to give him strength.
He'll need it!
And now grandma and grandson will dance.
Look!
How handsome, elegant, clever and cultured he is.
Still Grandma's boy!
Get up, come with me! Come on!
Find me some crippled beggars, you and Ruza.
And a pregnant girl. With Azra's baby,
that will make two sources of cash.
I can't believe it.
Are you serious?
You're planning
to sell your own child?
You'll be cursed.
The child isn't mine.
I won't bring up a bastard!
I said I'd marry her
only on that condition. Understand?
Here. Let's not be seen discussing this.
Hello!
Tell me, are you building a second house here?
If we were, you'd see it, no?
God willing,
our children will go to Italy.
They'll work and make their fortune honestly
and honour us
and themselves.
I'm old now.
I can't work any more.
Thank God they're young.
What about...
Merdzan?
He's lazy.
He's a womaniser
and a gambler.
May I come to you?
Stay away from me.
Understand?
Let them come home safely, I'll see the child.
Then I can die in peace.
Why are you doing this to me?
You know why.
Don't try giving me mutton for lamb!
That boy's so hard working.
I'm boring you. Forgive me for talking so much,
but talking soothes me.
I've got worries.
My son comes home from God-knows-where
in a foul mood,
then goes out whoring.
I'm ashamed to tell you all this,
but honestly,
I don't know what to do with him. I don't.
But my darling Perhan! God bless him.
There's no one like him.
It's lucky he's not like my son.
He's a curse.
If you knew what a wonderful daughter I once had!
She was a lovely child.
And Perhan's just like his mother.
She died young
and because of that I lost my health.
What else can I tell you?
That boy is all I have now. All I have.
Still alive?
Here, eat up.
Please believe me, Perhan,
the baby is ours.
I was in my third month when Merdzan had me.
Shut up! Don't lie!
I'm not lying.
I won't raise a bastard.
I'll sell it and we'll have a child of our own. Understand?
Give me your hand.
This one is ours.
We made love on St George's Day.
It was then.
I figured it out.
I know it's a bastard.
We'll have our own child.
That's that.
I swear this one is yours!
Hold on!
I'm all upset.
I dreamed you gave birth
to a white bird, and I...
Wait here.
What do you want?
You did very well. But
where's my new wife?
Couldn't find one?
And where's my house?
Why did you lie to me about the house?
You went back there?
Where else would I find you a woman?
I thought...
What did you think? What?
You'd pick one up along the way.
I don't know.
You know everything, Ahmed. You always do.
Why did you lie?
Sadam lied to me.
I gave him money to send for your house and he pocketed it!
All of it!
I didn't know.
I'm sorry. It's not my fault.
It's true!
I swear.
If you don't believe me, leave me.
Leave me to die.
I'll give you half of my house.
There. Take the documents.
Tomorrow we'll call the lawyer together.
I may not have much time left.
And Robert?
I loved him more than life. But now...
I don't know.
Every day I look at him he's more suspect.
His eyes, nose, hands,
nothing like mine.
We're brothers in that both our wives deceived us though!
Azra!
A boy! Congratulations!
Cover him! Quick!
Look, Perhan! A boy! A little bull!
No, Azra, no!
No, don't die.
For the love of Christ! Azra!
Dearest Grandma,
Life has no sense after all.
God has punished me.
He watched me hide my loot,
waited till I'd stored up a fortune,
then suddenly blackened my skies.
He sent a storm to wash away
my silver
and my gold.
First He blessed me with treasure,
then punished me by taking it all away.
I had money to build a huge house.
But
I am victim of an evil fate
that I don't understand.
The more I torment myself to understand,
the greater the storm in my head, the further the truth.
Dearest Grandma.
Maybe your words became a curse.
When I said
I no longer believed in anyone,
you said,
"If you don't believe, God will turn his back on you!
“You'll be no use to God or man.“
And that's how I ended up,
cheated by the man I believed in with my whole heart.
Ahmed was both God and father to me.
I wrote you that Danira was in the hospital in Ljubljana.
I know now that vicious men can deceive our eyes
to make them see what isn't there.
I found out Ahmed stole Danira for his own profit.
Dzamila!
Where is he?
- Gone. - Where?
Who knows? He's left me.
Dzamila, tell me!
He made up with his brothers.
They left together.
You took my sister from Ljubljana.
Where are they?
Talk or I'll kill you.
Leave him, you fool.
Rome.
Rome!
- Seen this girl? - No, sir.
No. No little girl.
Stupid lying whore.
Fuck off, crazy bastard!
You told me not to return without Danira.
I've searched the whole wide world,
but Danira's nowhere to be found.
I've been searching for Ahmed for four years.
I'll live for 400 just to find him and tear his heart out.
My dreams have turned to ashes.
And what's a Gypsy without dreams?
A roofless church, a mute bell.
Your Perhan.
Danira!
Perhan!
My brother!
Dear God.
At last I've found you!
Your leg, does it still hurt?
The same.
Go ahead. Eat.
Do you know what happened?
What?
Ahmed's brother lied
about a hospital in Italy.
He took me across the border.
Then he forced me to become a beggar for him instead.
The brothers are together again. He's getting married today.
- Ahmed? - Yes.
And you, you have a son.
He's four years old.
He's just like you.
You can see him.
Perhan!
What?
- What's your name? - Perhan. And yours?
Perhan.
Liar!
You're fooling me!
Hurry, before Ahmed sees us!
Hug him, he's your daddy.
I'll be right back.
Please don't leave us.
Just to buy a gift for Grandma and back.
Buy her some kitchen sponges.
Don't forget my accordion.
I won't.
If I'm late, I'll catch you at the next station.
What?
I'm sad.
Don't be silly.
Daddy!
Perhan, wait!
Daddy, I'm mad at you.
Why?
You won't come back
or buy me an accordion.
May I be a dog if I lied to you.
Get inside!
Inside!
Irfan! Irfan!
Perhan! It's you!
I need help.
No problem.
What are you smoking?
What fine cigarettes you're smoking!
Stand guard.
Don't worry. You can count on me.
Good luck to both of you.
Ahmed! Come on! Dance!
Well, the Little Prince! Look, Ahmed!
It's Perhan! My own boy!
I'll serve you till the grave. You're my father, I worship you.
Take me back or kill me.
Kill you? Why?
Punish me. I've had evil thoughts.
Take him and feed him. He's wasting away.
Who is he?
No one! Just a foolish boy.
Eat some cake! Eat!
Die, you piece of shit!
Get me to the bridge. Fast!
I swear I'll kill you. You ruined my wedding day.
Get away.
Get away!
You've destroyed my life! Now I'll destroy you.
I'll get you.
Even if you turn
into a bird!
Fly, you little bastard!