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The Crazy Stranger (1997)

The Crazy Stranger poster
Original title
Gadjo Dilo
Directed by
Tony Gatlif
Genre
drama film, musical film, comedy drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
U
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 103 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French man travels to a Romanian village to find a Romani singer who recorded a song for his missing father. He gets drawn into the community's daily life and its conflicts with the local villagers.

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What happens

The Crazy Stranger (original title: Gadjo dilo – Romanes for "Crazy Gadjo") is a 1997 French-Romanian film directed and written by Tony Gatlif. Most of the film was shot at the village of Crețulești, some kilometers from Bucharest, and some of the actors are local Romani people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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