Gatlif, Tony

Vengo

The parched, empty landscape of southern Spain is the setting for a tale of passion, music and revenge in Tony Gatlif's Vengo. After his brother has murdered a member of a rival gypsy clan and gone into hiding, Caco becomes both the de facto figurehead of his `family' and protector of his handicapped nephew. As tensions mount between the two clans, the threats of revenge against the nephew for the crime of his father are played out against a backdrop of rapturous flamenco music and dance performances. Award-winning writer director Gatlif (Latcho Drome, Gadjo Dilo) captures both the musical culture of Spain's Andalusia region and the blood lust of vengeance in bold, beautiful cinematic language. Available for the first time on DVD, Home Vision Entertainment is proud to present Vengo in a stunning 16x9 anamorphic transfer with a lush 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound mix.

Gadjo Dilo

1998 Award Winning DVD directed by Tony Gatlif (Vengo, Swing), aka The Crazy Stranger. A young French man travels to Romania in search of a legendary Gypsy singer, whom his father had heard all the time before his death. He then falls in love with an attractive and high-strung Gypsy dancer. Original French Dialogue & Optional English & Chinese subtitles. Dolby digital 5.1. Stereo. Code 3 / NTSC. Panorama. 2002.

Exiles

Romain Duris (The Beat that My Heart Skipped) stars in this sexy seductive road movie. A young couple both of Arabic blood leave Paris with no money jobs or connections and travel to his ancestral home of Algeria. In search of re-connecting to their roots the couple inches their way across three countries by foot bus train ship and hitched rides. A joyous celebration of life and culture Exiles traces their tumultuous steamy journey against a whirlwind of colors and exotic locales. The couple's arrival at their final destination culminates in a riotous ecstatic frenzied 10-minute musical explosion. System Requirements:Running Time 104 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 014381297027 Manufacturer No: HVE2970DVD

Transylvania

The Crazy Stranger

Gadjo dilo [Region 2]

Gadjo Dilo

Exils

Latcho Drom [Region 2]

This majestic, French-made film wishes viewers a "latcho drom"--a safe journey--as it follows the roots of the Rom, traveling people better known as Gypsies. Stunning and evocative, it transcends language and culture, bringing together the best elements of National Geographic-style documentary and music video in a kind of anthropological MTV. Using only music and image, without any steady characters or plot, award-winning director Tony Gatlif (himself of Rom descent) tells a compelling story of Rom migrations from Northern India to Europe and the rest of the world. Beginning with a gathering of lavishly dressed nomads singing across the harsh deserts of Rajasthan, viewers are transported through the lush oases of Egypt into the ghettoes of Turkey, from the muddy lanes of Eastern Europe through lush French fields to the windswept coastal cities of Spain. Every step of the way, there are hypnotic reminders of the harshness and beauty of the Rom lifestyle: the rhythms of labor pounding into vibrant dance, the songs of Turkish flower sellers merging with the plaintive political satires of a gray-haired Romanian violinist. Music is everywhere--children barely able to walk dance alongside great-grandmothers--and covers all styles and subjects--from the wintry strains of an Auschwitz lament to a flamenco devotional in a Spanish shrine to a festive Dixieland number that borrows as much from New Orleans as from northern India. And wordless stories abound, told in the smiles of strangers waiting for a train or in the frowns of rifle-toting farmers come to evict travelers from their land. --Grant Balfour

Gadjo dilo [Region 2]