Transylvania

2006

1h 43m

Drama

List

75%

Tomatometer

20 Reviews

80%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

Zingarina (Asia Argento) arrives in Transylvania to trace her lover, Milan, a musician who impregnated her and left without explanation. When she finds him, he brutally rejects her and and makes her distraught and heartbroken. She survives by following a wandering little girl, and her destiny changes hen she meets Tchangalo, a traveling trader.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Rated: 3/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

The whole is lively and colourful but those who know Gatlif 's work may feel they've seen it all before. If you haven't, you may be more impressed.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 10, 2007

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Gatlif seems literally to make it up as he goes along, a modus operandi that works fine in the impromptu musical interludes but fails utterly in terms of drama.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 10, 2007

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Clunky dialogue and weak plotting impede some of the more visceral and visual pleasures here but this is another fine example of Gatlif's osmotic, unique, connective, free-form cinema.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 3, 2018

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

The mood, the music and the melancholy remain true to Gatlif's signature, but there is a sense of incompleteness about the film which detracts from it.

Oct 4, 2008

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

Perhaps Tony Gatlif's oddest film to date, it's a kind of road trip with so few borders that it's easy to get lost along the way. The plot is as obtuse as its mix of languages

Jan 28, 2008

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Audience Member

Da lui mi aspettavo di più. Però Asia Argento fa la pazza isterica benissimo. Pure troppo.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

La película podría ser grandiosa, pero el argumento hace agua por todos lados.Termina siendo deprimente y desesperanzadora. Sólo para los amantes del cine experimental.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Not bad, but not good either. Edgy and interesting at first blush, but look past the singing, dancing and hysterics, and the plot is pretty vacant, just drifting along. Asia Argento is suitably intense, yet sultry, in the lead role, and her performance is pretty much the main, if not only, reason to watch this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

it's a shame the film loses its momentum at some point

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Incredible gypsy music throughout and a plot that ranges through vivid locales and several languages. Great film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

It is a painful story of accepting that you are no more loved by your lover...The Music is the soul or I think I should say that it is one special character in the movie. Thumbs up to the cinematography! Awesome performance by Argento. Cheers to Gatlif. He is a master craftsman in the genre for Gypsy-musical-emotionally-touching story.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Tony Gatlif

Director

Asia Argento

Zingarina

Amira Casar

Marie

Birol Ünel

Tchangalo

Alexandra Beaujard

Luminitsa

Marco Castoldi

Milan Agustin

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Synopsis

Zingarina (Asia Argento) arrives in Transylvania to trace her lover, Milan, a musician who impregnated her and left without explanation. When she finds him, he brutally rejects her and and makes her distraught and heartbroken. She survives by following a wandering little girl, and her destiny changes hen she meets Tchangalo, a traveling trader.

Director: Tony Gatlif
Screenwriter: Tony Gatlif
Production Co: Centre National de la Cinematographie, Princes Films, Canal+, Pyramide Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2018
Runtime: 1h 43m