Tony Gatlif

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Tony Gatlif
France, 1996
35mm (35mm/color). 80min. VOSC
Production: Michele Ray-Gavras
Photography: Eric Guichard
Editor: Nicole Berckmans
Screenplay: Tony Gatlif, Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio
Actors: Ovidiu Balan, Philippe Petit, Pierrette Fesch, Jerry Smith
 
Sinopsis: A story unfolds. One summer day, a boy of about ten appears on the streets of Nice with no family, no possessions, no schooling, but a brilliant smile. He is most at home in gardens, fields and at the seashore. The bustle of the city can seem to overwhelm him. He has good survival instincts, running from the police and from threatening adults. He is looking for a family and over time people get to know him: he helps out a street magician, befriends an old man who keeps doves in his suitcase, and finds a mother, herself an outsider. Although that smile is always at hand, no vagabond child ever sits well with the authorities. Can Nice keep this treasure of the spirit?