Fresh
An insidiously memorable visual experience, even if it offers only dazzling snapshots of contemporary life in the region which gives it its title.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Overview
Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left her without a word of explanation. When she finds him back, he brutally rejects her and Zingarina is terribly upset. She leaves her two companions and having become a wreck she hardly survives by following a wandering little girl. Her destiny changes for the best when she meets Tchangalo, a traveling trader...
Director and cast
- Tony Gatlif Director
- Asia Argento as Zingarina
- Amira Casar as Marie
- Birol Ünel as Tchangalo
- Alexandra Beaujard as Luminitsa
- Morgan as Milan Agustin
- Bea Palya as La chanteuse du cabaret (as Beata Palya)
- Marina Boldizsac as La chanteuse ukrainenne
- Rares Budileanu as Le jeune musicien
- Nicolae Cristache as Le passeur
- Florin Estefan Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A love story with star actors and a bigger budget heightens the mainstream appeal of Tony Gatlif's ethnic road musical.
Bernard Besserglik, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Seemingly semi-improvised dialogue is kept mostly to a minimum, which is just as well because some of it's awful.
Leslie Felperin, Variety
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