I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Serbo-Croatian: Скупљачи перја, Skupljači perja, lit.

The film is centered on Roma people's life in a village in northern Vojvodina, but it also deals with other themes such as love, ethnic and social relationships.

Beside Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Vučo, Bata Živojinović and Mija Aleksić, film features a cast of Roma actors speaking the Romani language.

[citation needed] The protagonist, Beli Bora Perjar, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his former girlfriend, the kafana singer Lenče, is submissive.

Bata Živojinović also won a Golden Arena award for Best Actor at the 1967 Pula Film Festival for his portrayal of Mirta.