Tony Gatlif

Tony Gatlif

September 10, 1948 · 77 years old

Gatlif was born in Algiers to a Kabyle father and a Romani mother.  After his childhood there, 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…

Known For

14 titles
1
The Crazy Stranger

The Crazy Stranger

1998 · 1h 42m · Movie

A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

7.6
2
Exils

Exils

2004 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two French lovers, Zano and Naima, decided to travel to the land of their parents: Algeria. Their road trip gradually becomes a spiritual quest.

6.7
3
Vengo

Vengo

2000 · 1h 30m · Movie

Vengo is a majestic ode to the artistry and magic of flamenco dancing, set against the compelling backdrop of two gypsy families locked in an age old struggle for power.

7.3
4
Transylvania

Transylvania

2006 · 1h 43m · Movie

Zingarina, who is two-months pregnant, travels from France to Transylvania with her friend Marie to seek out her lover Milan Agustin that was deported from France. They hire the guide and interpreter Luminitsa to help them to find...

6.7
5
Journey from Greece

Journey from Greece

2017 · 1h 37m · Movie

A Greek girl meets a French woman in Constantinople.

7.0
6
Latcho Drom

Latcho Drom

1993 · 1h 43m · Movie

The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.

8.1
7
Freedom

Freedom

2009 · 1h 51m · Movie

A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a town where they traditionally stop for a...

7.2
8
Swing

Swing

2002 · 1h 30m · Movie

Max is on holiday at his grandmother's place in the Elzas in France. He's fascinated by the guitar playing of gypsy Miraldo. In exchange for writing letters to the social security institutes he gets guitar lessons from Miraldo. He...

7.2
9
Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe

2004 · 2h 20m · Movie

An anthology film is a collection of short film projects by different directors for a common aim. Usually they are unified by a common theme - in this case, the European Union.

5.8
10
Geronimo

Geronimo

2014 · 1h 47m · Movie

South of France. In the sultry August heat, Geronimo, a young social educator, tries to ease tensions between the youngsters of the St Pierre neighborhood. The mood changes when Nil Terzi, a teenage girl of Turkish origin, flees a...

6.3
11
Gaspard et Robinson

Gaspard et Robinson

1990 · 1h 33m · Movie

Two underdogs, Gaspard and Robinson, welcome an old woman, Mamie, whose family has left on the roadside.

6.6
13
The Princes

The Princes

1983 · 1h 40m · Movie

Nara, a 30-year-old gypsy, lives with her nine-year-old daughter Zorka and her grandmother in a public housing project in the Paris region.

6.6
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