Released Date:
1998-08-07
Languages:
French, Romanian, Romany
Countries:
Romania, France
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (5869 Reviews)
Director:
Tony GatlifTony Gatlif (original screenplay and adaptation)
Kits Hilaire (screenplay)
Maigne Jaques (screenplay)
Stèphane, 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. Stèphane 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.
Released Date:
1999-11-24
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
80 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (255 Reviews)
Director:
Tony GatlifReleased Date:
2003-10-08
Languages:
French, Romanian
Countries:
France, Austria, Germany
Runtime:
114 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (6850 Reviews)
Director:
Michael HanekeGenres:
DramaIn an undefined time, the environment has been totally destroyed and now the water is contaminated and the animals have been burned. Georges Laurent travels with her wife Anne Laurent, their teenage daughter Eva and their son Ben from the city to their cabin in the countryside. On the arrival, they find that intruders have broken in the house, and one stranger kills George. Anne, Eva and Ben wander through the village asking for shelter and supplies for their acquaintances, but they refuse to help them. They reach an abandoned barn and spend the night inside. On the next morning, they meet a teenage boy and they walk together to a train station, where they find other survivors. Together, they wait for the train expecting to go to a better place in the middle of the chaos.
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