He becomes an avid fan of gypsy jazz the day he hears the virtuoso guitar player miraldo strumming the chords. They hire the guide and interpreter luminitsa to help them to find the musician milan. In a suburb of strasbourg, alsace, france, ten year old boy, max, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother. This music becomes his passion and leads him to the gypsy section of town where he. He won several prizes for his documentary latcho drom 1993 which was shown in rotterdam only last year in the romani cinema section. Tony gatlif and transylvania at the flanders international film festival. Tony gatlif swing bande originale du film 2002, cd. A young french boy finds himself enchanted by the roma community first because of his wish to learn to play guitar and later for his growing friendshipattraction to a young roma girl named swing.
Latcho drom bande originale du film 1993, cd discogs. Tchavolo released another album every few years while also branching out into film to play the guitarist and teacher miraldo in tony gatlifs 2002 film swing. Gatlifs 2000 film, vengo, is set in a dusty gypsy village in southern spain. The film debuted at the unifrance french film festival in japan 1995, and premiered in france april 17, 1996. But for a musician like tchavolo, recordings only tell half the tale. In exchange for writing letters to the social security institutes he gets guitar lessons from miraldo. There has never been a good war or a bad piece jul 31st. Frequently, he slips away to visit a community of manouche gypsies, having befriended a young gypsy girl named swing. The obscure and intense movies of tony gatlif certainly qualify as modern screen gems. Gatlif weaves colorful and musical tapestries of european gypsy life that are powerful portrayals of one of the oldest and most misunderstood cultures on the planet, the roma. Mondo is a 1995 french drama film written and directed by tony gatlif based upon the short story by j.
The acting and plot are minimal and the movie is a vehicle for the stunning musical performances. This double background was a source of inspiration for most of his films. He followed with mondo1997 and gadjo dilo1997 again, a gypsy tale, this time fiction. He hears manouche gypsy romani music being played in a local bar, and loves it. Latcho drom is my preferred gatlif film, and is documentary style with very little dialogue so the korean bad subtitles werent a particular nuisance. Tony gatlif goes deep into gypsy traditions, lore and way of life. Max is about thirteen and writes letters in exchange for manouche jazz guitar lessons.
Film director, producer, screenwriter and actor tony gatlif born as michel dahmani on 10 september 1948 in algiers is a french film director of romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. Guitar mandino reinhardt, sony reinhardt, tchavolo schmitt. An effective direct, elegant, dry and requires the viewer a filmmaker, a leg, an author. There is nothing too profound in swing, and indeed it is probably gatlif s simplest film to date, yet it is beautifully composed and connects with its audience in a way that few contemporary films manage to. With oscar copp, lou rech, tchavolo schmitt, mandino reinhardt. From france, in french and romani drama 2001 during the summer holidays, max, a. Tony gatlif was born on september 10, 1948 in algiers, alger, france as michel dahmani. Zingarina, who is twomonth pregnant, travels from france to transylvania with her friend marie to seek out her lover milan agustin that was deported from france. A fan of the gypsy jazz musician django reinhardt, max trades his walkman for a guitar and takes music lessons from one of the gypsies, miraldo. He is a director and writer, known for korkoro 2009, vengo 2000 and. Max is on holiday at his grandmothers place in the elzas in france. Swing 2002 regarder film complet film miles vostfr.
Michel dahamani tony gatlif 1948, algeria is an algerian of gypsy blood. Set over a year the film delves into the issues surrounding their way of life and what is required for such a long journey. Find similar and related movies for swing 2002 tony gatlif on allmovie. Directed by tony gatlif and stars oscar copp, lou rech and tchavolo schmitt. Film synopsis d uring the summer holidays, max, a 10year old boy, stays with his grandmother in the alsace region of france. Tony gatlif academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Whether it be his choice of subject, the way he tells a story, the way he uses the camera or the style in which his actors perform, there is a. Tony galifs portrayal of gypsy culture is, as in all of his films, sympathetic, colourful and rather poignant. Tony gatlif is an uncompromising look at this community comes to poverty and rejection. Latcho drom is an awkward, yet revealing slice of gypsy life. He becomes friends with swing, a boyish gypsy girl, who shows him nature and. Though the film doesnt rank amongst the best of gatlifs rich body of work it does weave a spell over the viewer with its genuine warmth in. Oscar copp, lou rech, mandino reinhardt, colette lepage, shasha, tony gatlif. She introduces max to her gypsy community who live in caravans and downatheel public housing.
French filmmaker tony gatlif understands that concept well. A film done with the rich background of someone who knows his roots. Gatlif has directed several films putting romani music at the heart of them most notably exiles starring everyones favourite romain duris, and the brilliant swing. His film les princes 1983 was an uncompromising portrait of gypsies in a soulless outer suburb. Informace o filmu na komedie muzikal, francie, 2002, 90 min. Gadjo dilo by tony gatlif with english sub rare for sale. French artists and exporters out in force at the french film festival in tokyo organized by unifrance. Hes fascinated by the guitar playing of gypsy miraldo. When she finds him, she is rejected and milan tells that. Tony gatlifs films include gadjo dilo lo straniero pazzo, latcho drom, transylvania, vengo. Swing is a french film by tony gatlif, released in 2002. Max also falls in love with a gypsy girl named swing, who is a feisty tomboy.
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