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SHANGHAI GYPSY

ŠANGHAJ

By Marko NABERŠNIK

ARSMEDIA - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2012

The Shanghai gypsy is the story about eternal longing for happiness; it is the story about love and family ties, in which tears are intertwined with laughs.

Festivals
& Awards

Montréal World FF 2013

Best screenplay

South East European Film Fest 2013

Best music

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- SLOVENIA, CROATIA
- Languages
- SLOVENIAN, ROMANSH, CROATIAN
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 124 mn
- Director(s)
- Marko NABERŠNIK
- Cast
- Visar VISHKA, Asli BAYRAM , Senad BAŠIĆ, Jasna DIKLIĆ, Miki TRIFUNOV, Bojan EMERŠIČ, Marjuta SLAMIČ, Saša PETROVIĆ, Vlado NOVAK, Ivo BAN, Anđelo KONTREC, Dominik KONTREC, Mišo KONTREC, Senko VELINOV, Emir HADZIHAFISBEGOVIC, Haris BURINA , Saša PAVLIN -STOŠIĆ, Voja BRAJOVIĆ, Goran NAVOJEC, Marko SOSIČ, Sergej FERRARI, Blaž VALIČ, Bine MATOH, Zvone FUNDA, Suzana GRAU, Lara KOMAR, Andrej MURENC, Rastko KROŠL, Janez STARINA, Tone KUNTNER, Andrej NAHTIGAL, Aleš RAVNIK, Sanell RAMA, Alojz DOMNIK
- Synopsis
- Feature film Shanghai Gypsy is a love story. The main protagonists are members of the gypsy family Mirga. A story about four generations is narrated by Lutvija Belmondo Mirga. Lutvija is also 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 on smuggling and his power and influence grow large. He even gets 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 being 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?
  The Shanghai gypsy is the story about eternal longing for happiness; it is the story about love and family ties, in which tears are intertwined with laughs. The story is set in times of the downfall of Yugoslavia, in times when many people had forgotten that beauty of life actually lies in small things.

SHANGHAI GYPSY

ŠANGHAJ

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