![]() ![]() The next morning, in the gypsy village, some children discover Stephane in Izidor’s bed. He makes the young man get drunk with him as a sign of respect and starts to treat him as a surrogate son. The old man says his name is Izidor (Isidor Serban) and that his finding Stephane here is a sign of good luck. He’s soon joined by an old drunk man shouting by the town square: “May I die! May I rot!” and lamenting the injustice of his son Adriani having just been sent to prison, claiming that there is no justice for the gypsies. He reaches a local village hotel at night, but he is told it is too late to be admitted. ![]() “Gadjo Dilo” opens with a young, educated Parisian, Stephane (Romain Duris), walking in torn boots, down an isolated desolate road covered with snow and ice. ![]() This film lays the gypsy spirit on thickly, as its infectuous story unfolds in a gypsy village somewhere in rural Romania. The film has caught the gypsy mood and their persona: the gypsies have gold teeth, the women bathe together in the nude and talk about the men in a frank sexual manner, the men drink a lot, play music with deep feelings, curse on a regular basis, and are quick to smile and see the humor in almost everything they do. The director, himself, is a Rom member he’s in love with the gypsies - their foibles and all - and plays a joke with their worldwide pejorative image by reversing the things usually said about gypsies and having the gypsies instead say them about the foreigners. Gypsies have a reputation as thieves, and have suffered a vast amount of prejudice because of their nomadic lifestyle and failure to conform to the society where they live. And in “Mondo,” he told the story of an abandoned gypsy boy in France. In 1994 Gatlif wrote and directed “Latcho Drom,” a musical documentary of gypsies performing in different countries. (director/writer: Tony Gatlif cinematographer: Eric Guichard editor: Monique Dartonne cast: Romain Duris (Stephane), Rona Hartner (Sabina), Isidor Serban (Izidor), Ovidiu Balan (Sami), Dan Astileanu (Dumitru), Florin Modovan (Adriani) Runtime: 100 CNC/Canal Plus/Princes Films 1998-France)įor the Algerian-born French director Tony Gatlif, “Gadjo Dilo” is the third film in his gypsy trilogy. ![]()
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