Tony Gatlif SWING Francia/France, 2002, 35mm, 90'
Mar 9 - h 19.00, Spazio Oberdan
Produzione - Production: Prince Films
Produttore - Producer: Tony Gatlif
Sceneggiatura - Screenplay: Tony Gatlif
Montaggio - Editing: Monique Dartonne
Fotografia - Cinematography: Claude Garnier
Sound Editor: Régis Leroux
Musica - Music: Abdellatif Chaarani, Tony Gatlif, Mandino Reinhardt, Tchavolo Schmitt
Cast: Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt, Abdellatif Chaarani, Fabienne Mai, Ben Zimet, Hélène Mershtein, Colette Lepage, Alberto Hoffman, Marie Génin, Sha-Sha
Distribuzione - Distribution: Mikado: (0039) 02 67 97 90, infomilano@mikado.it
Max, un ragazzino di dieci anni, trascorre le vacanze estive in Alsazia, dalla nonna. Spesso sparisce per andare a trovare la comunità di zingari Manouche di cui fa parte la piccola Swing, con cui ha fatto amicizia. Fan del musicista jazz zingaro Django Reinhardt, Max baratta il suo walkman con una chitarra e prende lezioni da uno degli zingari, Miraldo. Durante questa estate Max vivrà delle esperienze che ricorderà per il resto della vita...
During the summer holidays, Max, a 10-year old boy, stays with his grandmother in the Alsace region of France. Frequently, he slips away to visit a community of Manouche gypsies, having befriended a young gypsy girl named Swing. A fan of the gypsy jazz musician Django Reinhardt, Max trades his Walkman for a guitar and takes music lessons from one of the gypsies, Miraldo. The experiences this summer gives Max will last him a lifetime...
Biografia - Biography:
Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on September 10, 1948 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French film director who also works as a scriptwriter, actor, and producer. After a childhood in Algiers, Gatlif arrived in France in 1960 following the Algerian War of Independence. Gatlif struggled for years to break into the film industry, playing in several theatrical productions until directing his first film, La Tête en ruine, in 1975. He followed it with the 1979 La Terre au ventre, a story of the Algerian War of Independence. Since the 1981 Corre, gitano, Gatlif's work has been focused on the Roma people of Europe, from whom he partially traces his descent. His 2004 film Exils, won the Best Director Award at the (2004) Cannes Film Festival. His film Transylvania also premiered at Cannes in May 2006.
1975, La Tête en ruine
1978, La Terre au ventre
1981, Corre gitano
1981, Canta gitano
1982, Les Princes
1985, Rue du départ
1989, Pleure pas my love
1990, Gaspard et Robinson
1993, Latcho Drom
1995, Mondo
1997, Gadjo Dilo
1998, Je suis né d'une cigogne
2000, Vengo
2001, Swing
2005, Exils
2006, Transylvania
