La Fabbrica : Tony Gatlif

The Festival for Kids : The festival for kids

Swing

Tony Gatlif

2001
France
1h30
Fiction
Col.
French

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 becomes friends with Swing, a boyish gypsy girl, who shows him nature and takes him to exuberant musical evenings.

Cast
Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt, Abdellatif Chaarani, Fabienne Mai
Screenplay
Tony Gatlif
Photography
Claude Garnier
Sound
Régis Leroux
Music
Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt, Abdellatif Chaarani, Tony Gatlif
Art direction
Denis Mercier
Editing
Monique Dartonne
Production
Princes Films

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