- Transylvania (film)
Infobox Film
name = Transylvania
caption =
director =Tony Gatlif
producer =Frank Mancuso Jr. Tara L. Craig
writer = Tony Gatlif
starring =Asia Argento Amira Casar Birol Ünel
Alexandra Beaujard
Marco Castoldi
music = Tony GatlifDelphine Mantoulet
cinematography =Céline Bozon
editing =Monique Dartonne
distributor =
released =
runtime = France: 103 min.
rating =Switzerland : 14 (canton of Vaud)Ireland : 15AAustralia : MSwitzerland : 14 (canton of Geneva)France : UUK : 15
country =France
awards =
language = French
Hungarian
Romanian
English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0463381"Transylvania" is a 2006 French drama film starring
Asia Argento . In 2006, Director Tony Gatlif and composer Delphine Mantoulet won the "Georges Delerue Prize" at the Flanders International Film Festival for the score, and Gatlif was nominated for the "Grand Prix" award. "Translyania" premiered at theCannes Film Festival inFrance on May 28, 2006, and premiered at in theUnited States on March 16, 2007 at theCleveland International Film Festival and in theUnited Kingdom at theCambridge Film Festival on July 6, 2007 (with a later theatrical release on August 10, 2007).Plot
The pregnant Zingarina (Argento) travels to
Transylvania to explore the region and find her lost lover musician Milan who left her without a word of explanation. She arrives there with her close friend Marie (Casar) and interpreter Luminitsa (Beaujard). When Zingarina finally finds Milan when in the midst of apagan festival, he rejects her and she becomes terribly upset, leaving her two friends. Off on her own, Zingarina is distraught, wanting to be apart from her past and fully merge into the new land. When Zingarina meets the lone traveling trader Tchangalo (Ünel) without ties and borders like her, Zingarina's destiny changes for the best.Cast
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Asia Argento ... Zingarina
*Amira Casar ... Marie
*Birol Ünel ... Tchangalo
*Alexandra Beaujard ... Luminitsa
*Marco Castoldi ... Milan Agustin
*Bea Pálya ... La chanteuse du cabaret (as Beata Palya)
*Rares Budelaina ... Le jeune musicien
*Gabor ... Gabor, le paysan au traîneauExternal links
* [http://www.pyramidefilms.com/pyramideinternational/index.htm Producers' official website] has [http://www.pyramidefilms.com/pyramideinternational/FilmFch.php?monFilm=270 a sub-page for the film] .
*imdb title|0463381|Transylvania
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