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The Crazy Stranger

1998 · 102 min

A slow, music-soaked immersion into a foreign culture that builds warmth and heartbreak through observation rather than plot.

Overview
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • music
  • identity
  • isolation
  • found family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Tony Gatlif
Written by
Tony Gatlif
Starring
Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan, Angela Serban, Aurica Ursan, Vasile Serban, Ioan Serban
Music
Rona Hartner, Tony Gatlif
Cinematography
Éric Guichard
Runtime
102 min
Country
France, Romania
Languages
French, Romanian

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