begs the earth to open and reunite him with his son. Stéphane leaves the village and drives to the mile marker where the film opened. Grief-stricken, he smashes all the tapes he recorded during his travels with Sabina on the stone marker and buries them. He then drinks from a vodka bottle, spills some on the "grave" of the tapes, lays the bottle of the "grave" and then dances as Izidor did at his brother's funeral. A shot of the back of the car reveals Sabina sleeping in the back seat. She wakes up, notices the impromptu "funeral" that Stéphane is holding and smiles before the screen fades to black. Cast Romain Duris as Stéphane Rona Hartner as Sabina Izidor Serban as Izidor Ovidiu Balan as Sami Angela Serban as Angela Adrian Minune as the child prodigy Mónika Juhász Miczura provides the voice of Nora Luca (unseen in the film) Naomy as Marian Themes Prejudice and racism is a major theme in Gadjo Dilo. The Romani people, so often accused of numerous crimes and demonized by outsiders, are shown as predominantly positive, yet wronged figures. They at first fear Stéphane, accusing him much in the way they themselves are accused by the local non-Roma, fearing he will steal from them or kidnap the children (both are racist stereotypes falsely associated with Romani people). Initially, their fears seem absurd, yet it becomes clear that these are the very prejudices that Romani people must endure every day. Music plays another major role in the film, echoing Gatlif's magnum opus, Latcho Drom. Stéphane cannot communicate with the Roma without help and vice versa, but his passion for their music helps the lack of communication and aids in healing their prejudices. Accolades Locarno International Film Festival in 1997: Silver Leopard for best movie, bronze Leopard and special prize to Rona Hartner Nominated for César Award for Most Promising Actor (Romain Duris) and César Award for Most Promising Actress (Rona Hartner) and won César Award for Best Original Music at the 24th César Awards in 1999 In Thessaloniki, Greece, the film, translated in Greek as Gadjo Dilo: There still are smiling Gypsies won a prize in the 41st Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1998. Tromsø International Film Festival – Audience Award Connections In 2006, Gatlif directed Transylvania. This time it is an Italian woman who travels from France to Romanian Transylvania to find her lover, a