The Crazy Stranger (1997) Gadjo dilo (original title)

Director:

Tony Gatlif

Writers:

Tony Gatlif (original screenplay and adaptation)
Kits Hilaire (screenplay)
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Release Date:

7 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

In Every Soul There is a Gypsy

Plot:

A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Village | Death | Gypsy | Romania

Awards:

10 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Romain Duris	...	Stéphane
Rona Hartner	...	Sabina
Izidor Serban	...	Isidor
Ovidiu Balan	...	Sami
Angela Serban	...	Angela
Aurica Ursan	...	Aurica
Vasile Serban	...	Vasile
Ioan Serban	...	Ioan
Gheorge Gherebenec	...	Gheorge
Dan Astileanu	...	Dumitru
Valentin Teodosiu	...	Le Secrétaire de Mairie / Denech
Petre Nicolae	...	L'Épicier
Calman Kantor	...	Radu
Florin Moldovan	...	Adriani
Adrian Simionescu	...	L'Enfant Prodige
Luminita Paun	...	La Mariée / The Bride
Jean Paun	...	La Père de la Mariée / The Bride's Father
Petre Costescu	...	La Père de la Marié / The Brideman's Father
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mónika Juhász Miczura	...	Singer

Directed by
Tony Gatlif

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tony Gatlif		original screenplay and adaptation
Kits Hilaire		screenplay adaptation
Maigne Jaques		screenplay adaptation

Produced by
Guy Marignane	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Tony Gatlif
Rona Hartner

Cinematography by
Eric Guichard

Film Editing by
Monique Dartonne

Casting by
Marie de Laubier

Costume Design by
Brigitte Brassart

Makeup Department
Ioana Mocanu	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Michel Bazinet	....	unit manager: France
Cezarina Harabour	....	unit manager: Romania
Doru Mitran	....	production manager: Romania

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Csaba Bereczky	....	assistant director
Mircea Plângau	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Petre Constantin	....	property master

Sound Department
Nicolas Becker	....	sound effects editor
Dominique Gaborieau	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicolas Naegelen	....	sound editor
Nicolas Naegelen	....	sound
Fabrice Servera	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Assié	....	gaffer
Pompiliu Avram	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Ghiringhelli	....	second assistant camera
Mihai Ionita	....	electrician
Mihai Malaimare Jr.	....	still photographer
Mihai Maldea	....	grip
Ion Olteanu	....	electrician
Ilie Rusen	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mihaela Ularu	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Bruno Patin	....	color timer
Nadine Verdier	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Amélie de Chassey	....	music supervisor
Delphine Mathieu	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Laurent Dusothoit	....	production assistant
Patricia Guyotte	....	production assistant
Rodica Nitescu	....	script supervisor
Marius Stanciu	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française
• Princes Films
• Sacem

Distributors

• Atalanta Filmes (1998) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• BV-film AS (1998) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Celluloid Dreams (1998) (France) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (1998) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (1998) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Líder Films (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (1998) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Another World Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (Czech Republic)
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• Momentum Pictures (1997) (UK) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• RCV Film Distribution (Netherlands)
• Senator Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Arane  titles
• Dovidis  sound mixing
• Fontaine Productions  editorial equipment
• Montage Films Thauvin  negative cutting
• Samalga  camera systems
• Titra Film Paris  subtitles

Also Known As:

"Gadjo dilo" - Romania (original title)

Runtime:

102 min | France:113 min (Director's Cut)

Country:

Romania | France

Language:

French | Romanian | Romany

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Fagaras county, Transylvania, Romania

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

Third movie of Tony Gatlif's trilogy on the Rromani people. It was preceded by Les princes (1983) and Latcho Drom (1993).

Movie Connections:

Follows Latcho Drom (1993)

A beautiful movie that's going to echo in your memory for a long time.

"Gadjo Dilo" shows the trip of a young man in search of a voice that he fell in love with. Stéphane (Roman Duris) is a musicologist that just follows his guts, his instinct, to find the mysterious singer Nora Luca in Romania. He follows a passionate and realistic journey that teaches himself the gypsy way of being. Quite different from the Kusturica approach, Tony Gatlif's music is more intimate of the true gypsy soul and enables us to feel and understand it. With this "musical anthropological" view a stunning portrait of this culture is made, with all it's roughness and spontaneity. As a viewer i grew as a person with this movie, some preconceptions were broken and a great admiration was born for the Romanian nomads.

I believe that "Gadjo Dilo" is a true approach to the gypsy way of being, a music that will inspire your future steps.