Swing (2002) — comedy, drama, music film. Directed by Tony Gatlif. Starring Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt. This page maps 5 characters and 7 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A summer of cultural exchange, musical mentorship, and poignant loss between a French boy and a Romani community.
Comedy, Drama, Music · 7.2/10 · 90 min · 2002
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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