Transylvania (2006)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 5
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An Italian woman intent on tracking down the Romany musician who impregnated her becomes lost in a world of Gypsies in director Tony Gatlif's meditative road drama. Convinced that her one-time lover Milan (Marco Castoldi) has been deported by French authorities and determined to let him know about his unborn child, Zingarina (Asia Argento), travels to Romania in the company of her motherly friend Marie (Amira Casar) in hopes of seeking out the elusive musician. Though Zingarina does eventually
May 28, 2006 Wide
Aug 14, 2007
Cast
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Asia Argento
Zingarina -
Birol ??nel
Tchangalo -
Amira Casar
Marie -
Alexandra Beaujard
Luminitsa -
Marco Castoldi
Milan -
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An insidiously memorable visual experience, even if it offers only dazzling snapshots of contemporary life in the region which gives it its title.
Top CriticA love story with star actors and a bigger budget heightens the mainstream appeal of Tony Gatlif's ethnic road musical.
Seemingly semi-improvised dialogue is kept mostly to a minimum, which is just as well because some of it's awful.
The mood, the music and the melancholy remain true to Gatlif's signature, but there is a sense of incompleteness about the film which detracts from it.
Perhaps Tony Gatlif's oddest film to date, it's a kind of road trip with so few borders that it's easy to get lost along the way. The plot is as obtuse as its mix of languages
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A remarkably gutsy odyssey.
The whole is lively and colourful but those who know Gatlif 's work may feel they've seen it all before. If you haven't, you may be more impressed.
Gatlif seems literally to make it up as he goes along, a modus operandi that works fine in the impromptu musical interludes but fails utterly in terms of drama.
When not hyperkinetic, the film is stone-cold dull.
Gatlif is thrilled by the apparently inexhaustible energy of Romany music; a little of it goes quite a long way. But it's beautifully shot.
The real love affair is not between Zingarina and Tchangalo; it's between Zingarina and the country where she has her child.
Raw, ragged, rambling and romantic - if the sound of a furious violin drifting down the alley quickens your pulse, you may find Gatlif's gypsy drama a seductive and potent experience.
Gatlif's vision of life on the open road is highly (sometimes overly) romantic, peppered with lively music and striking landscapes: it's the feeding of the senses that takes priority over plotting or polish in Transylvania.
French- Algerian director Tony Gatlif shows great skill in capturing local colour and texture, sourcing a rogues' gallery of memorable images from the fog-shrouded environs. He's less successful at giving any direction or meaning to his central pairing's
Confused passion and twisted emotions make for a captivating ride.
Forget the plot and soak up the glorious cinematography.
The landscape plays a major role... with its bleak, open spaces, adding to the feeling that the characters and their emotions are curiously incidental.
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- Transylvania (2006) (DE)
- Transylvania (2006) (CA)
Some say this film is supposed to be about gypsy persecution (there are a few scenes that hint at that) but, to me, it's more like a weird kind of road movie. Some also complain about it not being realistic, but as far as I know, the director never claimed it to be. In fact it is the exact opposite. In my opinion, it is about Zingarina's escape from reality in order to rediscover herself. Think Alice in Wonderland or the Wizard of Oz, only for adults.