Freedom

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Mar 18, 2021 I loved this film, even though it tells a brutal story. It is carefully and beautifully made and in a very unique style it somehow reveals something which is at the edge of extinction in all of us. See more Feb 10, 2021 One of my favourite movies. Although it's poetic and sensitive it is also exciting and riveting from beginning to end and quite unlike any other I've seen. See more Jan 17, 2016 "Liberté" is an amazing movie, but it seems like it has already been forgotten, both by the critics and the public. This is really a pity when we know that the Gypsy culture - and more specifically the persecutions toward Romani people during World War II - is not very present in the Cinema. By choosing this subject, it is as if the film director Tony Gatlif was making a declaration of love to his own culture, but he is also presenting a part of the story which isn't well-known nowadays by a large part of the public. Many aspects of the Romani culture are presented in the movie : the music (the film was nominated at the César Awards for the award of the Best Music Written for a Film), the way of working blacksmithing, and their traditions. This last point is certainly the most important element of the movie. The Romani traditions represent the soul itself of the characters, and the obtacles that they have to overcome are really torturing themselves in their way to live. The Gypsy family is really a "free" one, and the members of the family can not live behind walls. That is the reason why the scene in the camp is so heartbreaking. The fact that, during this scene, the character of Taloche (played by James Thiérrée) is silently and sadly looking at the outside through the barbed wire while another gypsy is screaming like a litany "I want to be free" is really representative of this idea of heartbreaking. We have the same idea in another scene, when the character of the mayor is giving the Gypsy family a house to prevent them from being persecuted : in this scene, Taloche do not understand why they can not go back to their life on the road, and we can see all the despair in his eyes, especially when his own family has to force him to enter in the house, before closing the door behind him. The spectator himself can understand the sorrow of Taloche by looking at the scenes during this character express his desire of liberty. We can see it during the scene at the town hall, in which Taloche "free the water" by the fact of opening the faucet until the water is falling as a waterfall in the stairs. The scenes in which Taloche is dancing or running alone in the forest are also representatives of this desire of liberty, but during one of these scenes, Taloche discovers something that reminds us about the sad fate of the Romani people... Anyways, "Liberté" is a very good movie, showing the reality of a part of our story, and with a strong philosophical message. A poignant film with great actors and that must be seen ! See more Feb 14, 2015 Beautifully done film. Should be seen by aa wider audience. See more Aug 21, 2014 Fascinating International drama about a Gypsy family traveling in France during World War II.....and when you get past the quirkiness and subtitles , this becomes an interesting drama. 3 Stars See more Nov 22, 2012 while I love the setting of the movie, the costumes, the music, I did not love the stereotypical fodder that went into the characters that were really more like caricatures. See more Read all reviews

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