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Swing

71% | Mar 20, 2002
Comedy Drama Music

In a suburb of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ten year old boy, Max, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother. He hears Manouche gypsy Romani music being played in a local bar, and loves it. He goes to visit the gypsies in search of a guitar, where he meets a young Romani tomboy, 'Swing'. She introduces Max to her gypsy community who live in caravans and down-at-heel public housing. Over several days, Max is taken into the community to witness Romani lifestyle, traditions, knowledge of plants, and particularly their Manouche music. Max is particularly fascinated by Miraldo, the Romani guitarist he first heard in the bar, and asks to take guitar lessons with him (Miraldo is played by one of the greatest guitarists of gypsy jazz, Tchavolo Schmitt).

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Tony Gatlif
Director
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Tony Gatlif
Writer
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Monique Dartonne
Editor
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Tony Gatlif
Producer
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Tony Gatlif
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Claude Garnier
Director of Photography
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Abdellatif Chaarani
Original Music Composer
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Mandino Reinhardt
Original Music Composer
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Tchavolo Schmitt
Original Music Composer
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Tony Gatlif
Original Music Composer

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