"Aren't you ashamed of yourself for cleaning my house?" he asks. Izidor (Isidor Serban), his host, is horrified when Stephane tries to spruce up the place. With her but finds himself drawn into an exotic new lifestyle instead. Needless to say, he does not immediately make contact To honor his dead father, he has come to locate the father's favorite singer and record her for posterity. Stephane, a sophisticated Parisian, has a good reason for being here. Dilo, as in the film's title, means crazy. Gadjo, in the Gypsies' Romany language, means outsider. The next morning, two little boys scream with a combination of terror and pleasure, "There's a great big gadjo sleeping at our place!" He's soon joined by a very drunk man shouting: "May I die! May I rot!" and lamenting the injustice of his son having just been sent to prison.Īgainst his better judgment, Stephane accepts the man's offer of a place to sleep. When he finally reaches a building with lights on, it's locked. "Gadjo Dilo" opens with a shot of Stephane (Romain Duris) walking, in shoes that are coming apart, in the middle of a desolate road covered with snow and His intriguing, skillfully made new film is in love with its subjects. He told the story of a homeless Gypsy boy in France. In 1994, Gatlif wrote and directed "Latcho Drom," sort of a musical travelogue of Gypsy culture. Romain Duris plays Stéphane and Rona Hartner is Sabina, his sex partner, in Tony Gatlif's "Gadjo Dilo."Īt least that seems to be the message of "Gadjo Dilo," the third in Tony Gatlif's Gypsy trilogy. The women bathe in pairs with flowers in their hair. Gypsies are wacky, fun-loving and hard-drinking they have a hearty appetite for sex, a visceral connection with music and a real sense of community. The antidote for the quiet desperation and alienation of contemporary urban lives is much simpler: becomeĪ Gypsy. Orget yoga, tai chi, psychotherapy and monastery vacations. The New York Times on the Web: Current Film.'Gadjo Dilo': Embracing the Gypsy Cure Instead of ProzacįILM REVIEW 'Gadjo Dilo': Embracing the Gypsy Cure Instead of Prozac
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