Transylvania (2006)

Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her ... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Gatlif

Writer:

Tony Gatlif

Stars:

Asia Argento, Amira Casar, Birol Ünel

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Asia Argento	...	Zingarina
Amira Casar	...	Marie
Birol Ünel	...	Tchangalo
Alexandra Beaujard	...	Luminitsa
Marco Castoldi	...	Milan Agustin
Bea Palya	...	La chanteuse du cabaret (as Beata Palya)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marina Boldizsac	...	La chanteuse ukrainenne
Rares Budileanu	...	Le jeune musicien
Nicolae Cristache	...	Le passeur
Florin Estefan	...	Le chanteur d'opéra
Gabor	...	Gabor, le paysan au traîneau
Simion Lupu	...	Le chanteur d'opéra
Cornel Reileanu	...	Le bedeau
Mariana Rus	...	Vandana
Anton Tauf	...	Le pope

Storyline

Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left her without a word of explanation. When she finds him back, he brutally rejects her and Zingarina is terribly upset. She leaves her two companions and having become a wreck she hardly survives by following a wandering little girl. Her destiny changes for the best when she meets Tchangalo, a traveling trader...

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | gypsy | train | folk music | bear | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French Romanian English Hungarian Italian Turkish

Release Date:

4 October 2006 (France)

Filming Locations:

Sighet, Maramures, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Princes Films, Pyramide Productions, Canal+

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Promesse"
Composed by Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet

User Reviews

Heart moving movie

Well, actually I was told about the movie by a lady-colleague of mine. Interestingly, she is a Hungarian born in Southern Slovakia, and she has been living for many years in Prague. The movie made her excited. But I told myself: Oh, wasn't her excitement only because she had some roots and historical sentiments there in Transylvania? So I forgot the movie. Some time thereafter, again, my friends told me about the movie. But meanwhile it nearly completely disappeared from Prague cinemas! Clearly as the attendance was not "money-making". Finally, by chance, I discovered the movie's projection in a small, something like "suburb" or forgotten vintage cinema not far away from my house. So me and my friends went there. Not more then 20 people altogether were watching the movie that night... But I have to say that the over-mentioned Hungarian lady-colleague of mine was absolutely right in her feelings. Transylvania is really heart moving movie. Very different from Kusturica's plain mixture of comedy and tragic. Transylvania has been telling us an archetypal story about loosing and finding human bonds, human bodies and human souls. That's why I consider Transylvania as a heart moving movie. It talks about the quality of our hearts. About their weighing by gold and by love. About countries in our hearts and minds. About subconscious and non-conscious powers that direct our values and lives. Transylvania as a country - and as a movie - is the place where people have been still living their very real life; while there in the West humans' life is hardly something more then a process of consuming - the products, goods, sex, thoughts and ideas. So, maybe the main message of the movie Transylvania is in the unspoken words of Zingarina: "It is of no key importance that Transylvania has been coming back to Europe - but just the opposite: that our hearts have free choice of leaving the prison of consumed life and return back to place where we can give our lives their true meanings."