Synopse

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 few months and work in vineyards, they learn that a new law forbids them from being nomadic. Theodore, the town's mayor, and Miss Lundi, the schoolteacher, protect and help the Gypsies. Despite this, they are arrested and placed in an internment camp. Theodore manages to rescue them and gives the family a piece of property where they must settle...

Regie

Tony Gatlif (*1948).His father was Kabyle, his mother Roma.After studying art, theatre and acting Gatlifstarted filming and is concentrating his workon the history of Roma people in Europe.

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