Swing
2002 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,090 VOTES · DIR. Tony Gatlif
Overview
In a suburb of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ten year old boy, Max, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother. He hears Manouche gypsy Romani music being played in a local bar, and loves it. He goes to visit the gypsies in search of a guitar, where he meets a young Romani tomboy, 'Swing'. She introduces Max to her gypsy community who live in caravans and down-at-heel public housing. Over several days, Max is taken into the community to witness Romani lifestyle, traditions, knowledge of plants, and particularly their Manouche music. Max is particularly fascinated by Miraldo, the Romani guitarist he first heard in the bar, and asks to take guitar lessons with him (Miraldo is played by one of the greatest guitarists of gypsy jazz, Tchavolo Schmitt).
Dialogue Timeline — 706 lines
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00:02:29 What are you doing there?
00:06:50 Can you read?
00:08:56 Press the strings harder
00:10:32 What should i write?In what kind of form?
00:13:34 Very beautiful
00:15:28 Go on,fix your finger
00:18:08 I'm still young,I have many things to learn.
00:20:14 It's for you.
00:22:56 No,i'm not
00:32:26 I'm Mandino
00:34:15 But it doesn't matter.
00:37:01 Swing, wait for me.
00:38:36 Go
00:42:30 Sometimes looks like
00:44:34 When you feel hungry
00:48:19 Soon,your father will leave
00:50:15 Then you'll have a lot of things to do.
00:52:13 I and my whole family are in a long line...
00:54:14 Dance and drink.
01:01:26 Stop!
01:03:43 Come on, help me with this.
01:07:08 All will be...
01:12:00 Attention, this morning.
01:23:25 Don't be afraid of the sky and the sunshine