Bora the Gypsy is married to an older woman, and he falls in love with the younger Tissa, who is being offered in marriage by her father, to a young gypsy man. This marriage arrangement is according to custom. Tissa rejects her husband, claiming he is not able to consummate the marriage, and Bora joins her. They get a monk in the mountains to marry them. Unable to return to the Gypsy camp, Tissa tries to reach Belgrade on her own, but a couple of truck drivers rape her, and she does return in misery to her tribe. Meanwhile, Bora defends his honor the traditional way, in a knife duel, and kills his opponent. Therefore he, too, must leave the tribe. And yet, we'll find happy Gypsies...

"Skupljači perja" je jugoslovenski film režisera Aleksandra Saše Petrovića snimljen 1967. godine. Radnja filma se bazira na životu Roma u jednom selu na sjeveru Vojvodine, ali film se bavi daleko složenijim temama poput ljubavi, međuetničkih i socijalnih odnosa. "Skupljači perja" se smatra za jedan od najznačajnijih filmova crnog talasa i jugoslovenske kinematografije uopšte.

Rusticni zivot ravnicarskih Cigana, skupljaca perja. Oni zive svoj zivot, prema svojim zakonima vecnih skitaca, sa svojim ceznjama i strastima, sa dertom i ljubavlju zbog koje se ubija...