Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Romain Duris | ... | Stéphane | |
Rona Hartner | ... | Sabina | |
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Izidor Serban | ... | Isidor |
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Ovidiu Balan | ... | Sami |
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Angela Serban | ... | Angela |
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Aurica Ursan | ... | Aurica |
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Vasile Serban | ... | Vasile |
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Ioan Serban | ... | Ioan |
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Gheorge Gherebenec | ... | Gheorge |
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Dan Astileanu | ... | Dumitru |
Valentin Teodosiu | ... | Le Secrétaire de Mairie / Denech | |
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Petre Nicolae | ... | L'Épicier |
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Calman Kantor | ... | Radu |
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Florin Moldovan | ... | Adriani |
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Adrian Simionescu | ... | L'Enfant Prodige |
Stéphane, a young French man from Paris, travels to Romania. He is looking for the singer Nora Luca, whom his father had heard all the time before his death. Wandering along a frozen road, he meets old Izidor, a member of the Roma (Gypsy) and tells him of Nora Luca. Izidor seems to understand and takes him to his village. Stéphane believes that Izidor will take him to Nora Luca when the time has come. So, he lives in the Roma(Gypsy) village for several months. The other inhabitants dislike him at first (as he comes from those who call them thieves and attack their folks) but when they as they get to know him better, they grow to like him. In summer, the ice between him and beautiful Sabina finally cracks, and a secret is revealed. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
I was truly captivated by this seductive journey into the well-insulated lives of the gypsies. It takes a non-judgmental view and refrains from clichés. The film takes on a somewhat cinema variete approach and uses many non-professional actors for the supporting roles. This approach was successful and didn't distract from film's story. The film follows a young Frenchman on a quest to find a gypsy singer on an audio tape he has. I was able to catch it late one night on cable and have not been able to find it in any video store for rent. This movie really needs a DVD release so we can get it from Netflix. Someone should pick this one up for release.