When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (2006)

Director:

Jasmine Dellal

Release Date:

15 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

A brief look into Romani culture and Rom (Gypsies) from around the globe as five famous Romani groups tour the USA. The film visits their families at home in Spain, India, Macedonia and Romania.

Plot Keywords:

Flamenco Dancer | Singer | Musician | Gypsy | Bus Tour

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Fanfare Ciocarlia
Taraf de Haidouks
Johnny Depp	...	Himself
Antonio El Pipa
Maharaja
Esma Redzepova

Also Known As:

Gypsy Caravan (USA) (working title)
When the Road Bends... (International: English title) (short title)

Runtime:

USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Romany | Romanian | Macedonian | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Clejani, Romania

Quotes:

Nicolae NeacÅŸu: When I was a kid, 3 fates came to me. One destined this, one destined that, and the youngest asked me, "When do you want an easy life? When you are old or young?" I said, when I am old. Because when I'm young I can carry life's bitterness.

very powerful, tantalizing

Funny how some comments on this film are only in the discussion section, as solo cries d'esprit. anyway... the one saying "tour de force" was certainly right, on the level of pure film-making this movie is dazzling. I was also really impressed with the way in which the director generally used the music as a springboard to continue the "narrative" in a way that was very consistently magical. A little more time was taken with some of the things that were most extraordinary, musically. I mean, compare this movie with something like buena vista social club... it can't be done this is so vasty superior a piece of work, let alone that its so much more ambitious, that the subject matter is really a lot richer and mined to so much greater um yield.