The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
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Cast
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La Caita | ... |
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Directed by
| Tony Gatlif | ||
Written by
| Tony Gatlif | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Michèle Ray-Gavras | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Éric Guichard | ... | (as Eric Guichard) |
Editing by
| Nicole Berckmans | ||
Editorial Department
| Bruno Patin | ... | color timer |
Art Direction by
| Denis Mercier | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Alexandre Gavras | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
| William Flageollet | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Bertrand Lenclos | ... | boom operator |
| Nicolas Naegelen | ... | sound recordist |
| Philippe Richard | ... | boom operator |
Music Department
| William Flageollet | ... | music mixer |
Additional Crew
| Béla Vaszary | ... | set doctor |
Production Companies
- K.G. Productions
- Canal+ (participation)
- Sofiarp (in association with)
- Investimage (in association with)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (support)
- Fonds d'Action de la Sacem, Le (support)
Distributors
- Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (1993) (France) (theatrical)
- Polfilm (1994) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Shadow Distribution (1994) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- New Yorker Films (1994) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Arthaus (1995) (Norway) (theatrical)
- New Yorker Video (1998) (United States) (VHS) (subtitled)
- Winstone Film Distributors (2000) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (New Zealand) (DVD)
- Contact Film (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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The film takes the viewer on a journey west, from India to Spain, with stops along the way, to dramatize Romany's nomadic culture. This journey takes place over a year's time, from summer through fall and winter to spring. Gatlif holds his camera on the elemental essentials of this life: water, the wheel, fire, beasts of burden and of sustenance, colorful clothes, jewelry, musical instruments, song, and dance. Throughout, via song and dance, young and old celebrate, embody, and teach the cultural values of family, journey, love, separateness, and persecution.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Second movie of Tony Gatlif's trilogy on the Gypsy people. It was preceded by The Princes (1983) and followed by The Crazy Stranger (1997). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Rolling Thunder Revue (2019). See more » |