Transylvania

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Asia Argento
Zingarina

Amira Casar
Marie

Birol Ünel
Tchangalo

Alexandra Beaujard
Luminitsa

Marco Castoldi
Milan Agustin

Beata Palya
La chanteuse du cabaret

Rares Budelaina
Le jeune musicien

Gabor
Gabor, le paysan au traîneau

Tony Gatlif
Director

Tony Gatlif
Writer

Tony Gatlif
Original Music

Delphine Mantoulet
Original Music

Céline Bozon
Cinematographer

Monique Dartonne
Film Editor

Eve Guillou
Casting

Brigitte Brassart
Production Design

Rose-Marie Melka
Costume Designer

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Critic Reviews for Transylvania

Audience Reviews for Transylvania

• Mar 10, 2010

  Dancing, singing and music are a huge part of this film. Almost everybody either sings or dances in this film, and yet this is not a musical. And even though this isn't exactly a happy, cheery film, largely thanks to the music it is still very vibrant and full of life...no matter how gritty that life may be. 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.
  vieras e Super Reviewer
• Apr 03, 2009

  A movie called Transylvania that is not about vampires! What it is, is a poignant film about a pregnant woman, magnificently portrayed by Asia Argento, who travels to Romania with a friend to find her lover, who left her in France. Once brutally rejected, she escapes her friend and embraces a gypsy lifestyle until meeting up with another lost soul. A powerful, raw, emotional journey of a woman letting go to find the happiness she seeks.
  nefnie l Super Reviewer
• Jul 13, 2008

  The only reason I sought out this film was due to it starring Birol Ünel, who I fell completely in love with in 2004's Head-On. And while that fact remains Transylvania's most redeeming factor for me, I'm still glad to have seen it as its a pretty good film on its own. The central character of the film is Zingarina (played by Asia Argento, daughter of legendary horror director Dario Argento), a French woman who travels to Transylvania to track down Milan, her boyfriend who she thought had been deported suddenly. I've never seen Asia in a role of any real substance before, so this was a pleasant surprise, as she does an excellent job. She plays the woman driven to the brink by love as being racked with a controlled chaos, which is well conveyed in the tragic defiance that seems to emit naturally from her beautiful face. I'm pretty sure I could watch Birol Ünel just standing in a field smoking a cigarette for two hours and I'd love it, but he's also good here. Unfortunately, the film loses any sense of focus from about half-way through. While this is somewhat appropriate due to the fact that the two main characters clearly don't follow any set life path, it is still the film's chief flaw. However, this is somewhat redeemed by the fact that, despite this, the film continues to breed some great moments and remains brimming with beautiful imagery. The whole thing is also continually shrouded in mysticism and Transylvanian Gypsy culture and that makes it always an interesting watch, at the very least. Despite its flaws, this is a film worth checking out.
  Christopher M Super Reviewer

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