Overview
A tale of unexpected friendship and cultural exchange unfolds in a vibrant gypsy village.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- eccentric
- earthy
- wistful
- world cinema night
- arthouse viewing
What critics said
Critics valued the film’s glimpses of modern-day Macedonia but broadly found its storytelling scattered, monotonous, shallow, and overlong.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The story is rooted in a Macedonian Romani village and foregrounds its people and circumstances.
Taip views the Indian UNPROFOR physician Riju as the answer to his troubles.
Taip’s investment in Riju expresses hope amid village hardship without offering a simple remedy.
The Indian physician’s UNPROFOR role brings an international presence into a Macedonian village.
Films like Gipsy Magic, and why
Time of the Gypsies
shared focus on Romani life, outsider encounters, and bittersweet social comedy
Black Cat, White Cat
shared Balkan setting, marginalized communities, eccentric characters, and tragicomic melodrama
The Visitor
shared humanistic outsider perspective, cultural collision, and compassionate comic drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Stole Popov
- Release Date
- 1997-05-27
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (7)
Cast
- Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
- Tariq Alibai
- Katina Ivanova
- Bajram Severdžan
- Toni Mihajlovski
- Arna Šijak
- Goran Dodevski
- Jordančo Čevrevski
- Hasan Džemail
- Bekir Adnan
Common questions
- What is Gipsy Magic about?
- A Macedonian Romani villager pins his hopes on an Indian UN physician, producing an offbeat encounter between local hardship and international idealism.
- What is Gipsy Magic like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Gipsy Magic as slow, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Gipsy Magic violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Gipsy Magic.
- What did critics think of Gipsy Magic?
- Critics valued the film’s glimpses of modern-day Macedonia but broadly found its storytelling scattered, monotonous, shallow, and overlong.
- Which films are like Gipsy Magic?
- Films with a similar feel include Time of the Gypsies, Black Cat, White Cat, and The Visitor.
- How long is Gipsy Magic?
- Gipsy Magic runs 133 minutes.
