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Date: January 01, 1997 to December 31, 1997
Dates Note: 1997
Country of Origin:
France
Place of Origin: France
Languages:
French
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Romanian
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Romani
Color: Color
Silent: No
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In Gadjo Dilo, Tony Gatlif (Latcho Drom), who is French, Algerian-born, with Roma roots, details the preconceptions and prejudices of both Europeans and the Romani “other.” After his father’s death, a young Frenchman travels to Romania, seeking the folk singer recorded on a cassette his father repeatedly played in his last days. He ends up in a small Romani village, where he is dubbed the Gadjo Dilo or Crazy Outsider, mistrusted by the locals. He becomes immersed in the music and language—and with a local woman—and when tensions build between Romanians and Romani,he views the conflict with an insider’s perspective.