A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.
RROMANI SOUL traces the true origin of the Rroma people. Through rituals, song and dance we follow emblematic figure and "Queen of the Gypsies" Esma Redzepova to Macedonia, south of France and finally to India. The film reveals for the first time ever that the true and unique origin of the Rroma is Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Chet Baker silently wanders through an Antonioniesque landscape in a Felliniesque state of wonderment as his improvised trumpet solos alternate between earnestly offering the obvious and mocking the artiness of the whole affair.
The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their adventures continue.
A full 15-track live set recorded over two nights in NYC at Irving Plaza. Setlist: Ultimate, Sally, Not A Crime, Dogs Were Barking, Wonderlust King, Mishto, Forces Of Victory, Tribal Connection, 60 Revolutions, Start Wearing Purple, Think Locally - Fuck Globally, Punk Rock Parranda, Illumination, Baro Foro
Gypsy Romeo and Juliet: A boy and a girl from rival families fall in love.
In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.
Waiters’ competition at Heroes’ Square in the late thirties. Dressed as waiters, Kapa and Pepe awake in the bronze chariot of the millennial sculpture group. They drive along the Danube promenade, and on the concrete reinforcement of the demolished Budapest rondella hotel they get involved in a showdown of political background. In the burnt-down Sports Hall the waiters train for a last supper, Pepe and Kapa run around the big laid table with trays in their hands. While doing so, Pepe keeps crying out: "I am the best one, I am the most beautiful one, I am the king, I am the god..." Sitting in a boat on the Danube, a ship goes past them, and the Niagara falls, majestic and breathtaking, resound in their ears. On each passing away something new will come to life – as rapped by Sub Bass Monster.
Joan Ximénez el Petitet is a Catalan gypsy who pursues a dream. A former musician now —a percussionist, son of Ramón el Huesos who worked with the mythical singer Peret—, and affected by a rare chronic disease, he wants to accomplish the promise he made to his mother before she died: to celebrate a rumba concert on the stage of the Liceu, a great theater in Barcelona, along with a big symphony orchestra.
Documentary that recovers the figure of the singer Terremoto de Jerez and his legacy.
Secret agent Emma has to carry out a special assignment in Germany. Her job is to protect a mysterious box, the key to which she wears as a chain around her neck. But a murderer is hot on her heels!
New Order live during 1982 & 83 at The Hacienda and Kilkenny, the 1984 Play at Home Channel 4 TV documentary and other rare live & TV performances.
A bag with over 600,000 euros in cash, just like that in a towed car: When Maren, who works at a car depot, finds the bag, she cannot resist the temptation. She takes the money for herself. Her husband Dennis is shocked. But he is in a wheelchair after an accident. It will be a long time before he can walk again, and whether the insurance will pay is uncertain. The unexpected money is a blessing and gives Maren and Dennis a real perspective.
Arun Dev is a famous criminal lawyer who always tries to plead against criminals. He lives happily with his wife Nisha, sister Pooja and his friend Kartar Singh. Before few years he fight in court against an hardcore criminal Dusyanti Kumar in a rape trial and sent him into the prison. After releasing from jail Dushyanti started to take revenge to Arun's family. Dushyanti befriended with his sister Pooja and threat Arun but Arun make her aware about Dushyanti. Dushyanti continuously disturbing Arun's family life without leaving any evidence. He also killed Kartar Singh while Kartar tried to protest him. Helpless Arun goes to police but all in vein.
A vast, rocky desert. A lone woman struggles to preserve the last remaining bit of the last remaining glacier with a crazy patchwork of cloth and rags that she retrieves from the abandoned valleys. Sisyphus' work. Only at night, when the blazing sun has disappeared, other creatures appear. Wolves and mountain goats drink in unison from the last source of water. And the woman is no longer alone.
Regressed Girija's insecurities take over his mind as he suspects that his truthful partner Runu is falling in love with a paying guest.
Richard D'Oyly Carte, the theatrical impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, is tormented in a dream by his memories of this most tempestuous partnering.
Kato, a scriptwriter, is in love with Miho—but he can never manage to muster up enough courage to make the relationship anything more than a platonic friendship. Seemingly oblivious to Kato's feelings for her, Miho is always calling him up and spilling her guts about her own love problems. She's in love with someone else, it turns out, but Kato swallows his pride—hearing about it all is almost too much to bear, but he wants to be with Miho as much as he can.
Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.