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Vengo (film)

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Vengo
Directed byTony Gatlif
Written by
Produced by
StarringAntonio Canales
CinematographyThierry Pouget
Edited byPauline Dairou
Music byTony Gatlif
Production
company
Release date
2000
Running time
90 minutes/1.5 hours [An hour and half minutes]
Countries
  • France
  • Spain
  • Germany
  • Japan
Languages
  • French
  • Spanish

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

Reception

Vengo was selected as closing film at the 57th Venice International Film Festival[2] in 2000.

References

  1. ^ Vengo, retrieved 2017-08-18
  2. ^ Indiewire (12 September 2000). "Venice 2000 REVIEW: 'Andalusian Dog, Gatlif's 'Vengo'".