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Muzikanten voor het Leven (2007)

Name: Muzikanten voor het Leven
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-06-16T16:10:31+02:00
Rating: 2.7

Documentary | 90 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 90 minuten

Alternative titles: Sinti & Roma in Beeld: Muzikanten voor het Leven / Musicians for Life

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Bob Entrop

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Muzikanten voor het Leven plot

A gypsy without music is not really a gypsy. In this personal search for the last Sinti and Roma, filmmaker Bob Entrop follows three gypsy bands. He travels with the Basilys to Prague, where they receive a warm welcome as a Dutch jazz band. The young Paulus Schäfer and his Gipsyband experience a high point during a joint performance with the world famous Rosenberg Trio. And with Roger, a Swiss musician/composer who settled in the Netherlands, he visits his in-laws in Germany, where he sings a moving duet with his demented father-in-law. For all three, Django Reinhardt is the unsurpassed maestro. The film darts from interview to interview, and from performance to performance. Nostalgia and a sense of reality alternate in the candid conversations.