Vengo (film)
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Vengo | |
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Directed by | Tony Gatlif |
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Produced by | |
Starring | Antonio Canales |
Cinematography | Thierry Pouget |
Edited by | Pauline Dairou |
Music by | Tony Gatlif |
Production company | |
Release date | 2000 |
Running time | 90 minutes/1.5 hours [An hour and half minutes] |
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Vengo is a 2000 Spanish-French-German-Japanese film directed and written by Tony Gatlif. It is a musical drama about two Andalusia gypsy families locked in an age-old struggle for power.[1] The film features a performance by Spanish flamenco singer Maria del Carmen Salazar ("La Caita").
Plot
The story centres around a feud among Spanish Gypsies, with Caco (played by Antonio Canales) as the main character who must fight for his family's honor and safety.
Cast
- Antonio Canales: Caco
- Orestes Villasan Rodriguez: Diego
- Antonio Dechent: Primo Alejandro
- Bobote: Habib
- Juan Luis Corrientes: Primo Tres
Reception
Vengo was selected as closing film at the 57th Venice International Film Festival[2] in 2000.
References
- ^ Vengo, retrieved 2017-08-18
- ^ Indiewire (12 September 2000). "Venice 2000 REVIEW: 'Andalusian Dog, Gatlif's 'Vengo'".
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