Shanghai Gypsy
2012 · 124 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 595 VOTES · DIR. Marko Naberšnik
Overview
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?
Dialogue Timeline — 851 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:30 Defendant, sit down please.
00:04:55 Suli scarcely resembled a man, yet Rajka didn't need a man.
00:10:19 Kid! Throw H!
00:13:52 I had to become a man overnight.
00:17:48 To a restaurant for dinner.
00:22:27 You look like a movie star.
00:26:34 Oh, Belmondo!
00:31:54 You either have sex for free, or don't have sex at all.
00:37:44 You're going to build a village?
00:40:45 I told him many things, just not the truth.
00:45:20 The pig should be the king of the animals, not the lion.
00:48:17 Your friend Gabrijel Galič is my friend.
00:51:11 become members of the Yugoslav Communist party.
00:56:19 Grga Tomić, a Croatian, helped me.
01:00:39 He liked books and showed great interest in music.
01:07:54 Ethnic groups started arming themselves.
01:10:58 Sometimes we smuggle something across the border.
01:14:48 You're paid to write articles.
01:18:51 This is what it looks like when a child goes to school.
01:27:07 What are you afraid of? I'm not the devil!
01:30:31 I used to think that way too. But I've changed my opinion.
01:34:24 biggest deal ever. I tried not to make a mistake.
01:43:31 Weapons accumulated and had to be used.
02:00:00 -Right away, Mr. Ujaš.