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Swing

Swing

IMDB:

7.1
Swing

Released

3/20/2002

Duration

1h 30m

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Music

Country

France

Cast

Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt

Overview

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).

Cast

Oscar Copp

Max

Oscar Copp

Lou Rech

Swing

Lou Rech

Tchavolo Schmitt

Miraldo

Tchavolo Schmitt

Mandino Reinhardt

Mandino

Mandino Reinhardt

Abdellatif Chaarani

Khalid

Abdellatif Chaarani

Fabienne Mai

Max's grandmother

Fabienne Mai

Ben Zimet

Dr. Liberman

Ben Zimet

Marie Genin

Max's mother

Marie Genin

Ghalia Ben Ali

Ghania

Ghalia Ben Ali

Hélène Mershtein

Puri Daï

Hélène Mershtein

Colette Lepage

Miraldo's wife

Colette Lepage

Alberto Hoffman

Calo

Alberto Hoffman

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