Shanghai Gypsy

Shanghai Gypsy (2012)

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The main protagonists of the film are members of the gypsy family Mirga. Lutvija Belmondo Mirga narrates a story about four generations. Belmondo is the central character of the film, a gypsy king, who decided to establish his own gypsy village. He names it Shanghai. Belmondo makes a living smuggling and his power and influence grow big. He even gets the local police and politics on his side and that helps him to become untouchable for law. But with the downfall of Yugoslavia, smuggling of goods is replaced by smuggling of the arms. Though lucrative the business starts to threaten Belmondo’s personal life and he finds himself at the crossroads. Will he protect his own family or is he going to sacrifice his personal happiness for business ambitions?

Date of release
2012-08-29
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marko Naberšnik

Casting

Interesting facts

Shanghai Gypsy is a 2012 Slovenian drama film directed by Marko Nabersnik. It was premiered on the 36th Montreal World Film Festival and is considered one of the most expensive Slovenian films. Romani language is used for most dialogs in the film.

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