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This unique and different 1997 French/Romanian comedy/drama provides interesting insights into the life of Gypsies, and much more.

A young man travels from Paris to Romania looking for a singer named Nora Luca, whom his father had listened to for years before his death. In the frozen wilderness he meets an old Gypsy. Although they speak different languages, he manages to get the message across (he thinks), and the old man tells him he can help.

He goes with the old man to his village, where he is met with hostility and distrust at first. As the weeks go by he is eventually accepted and liked by the villagers although Sabina, a young woman who is the only one that speaks French, continues to be distant.

It is only after things warm up between him and Sabina, and she starts to translate for him, that he realizes that no one has understood anything he has said, yet still they made him part of their extended family.

While the story is simple and plain, the movie is beautifully done and appears to give great insight into the life and culture of a people that are misunderstood by most. An excellent movie.