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Tony Gatlif, the French director of greater than 20 movies that principally targeting celebrating Roma tradition the world over, has died aged 77.<\/p>\n
His household stated in an announcement to AFP that Gatlif died on Wednesday of \u201ca well being problem\u201d whereas engaged on a \u201chistoric movie undertaking\u201d in Arles in Provence, France. \u201cThe fantastic thing about his movies, his generosity, his pleasure, his poetry, and his love of music will stay with us eternally.\u201d<\/p>\n
The assertion, from his spouse, youngsters and grandchildren wished him \u201cLatcho Drom\u201d, a Roma phrase which means \u201csecure journey\u201d.<\/p>\n
Latcho Drom can also be the title of Gatlif\u2019s breakthrough 1993 movie, a celebration of Roma music that strikes from India to Spain, and which received the Un Sure Regard award on the Cannes movie pageant that yr.<\/p>\n
Gatlif had extra success in 1997 with Gadjo Dilo, which featured Romain Duris as a Frenchman who’s trying to find a Roma singer in Romania; it received a Silver Leopard on the Locarno movie pageant and a C\u00e9sar award for finest authentic music.<\/p>\n Gatlif was born Michel Dahmani in 1948 in Algeria, of half Berber and half Roma heritage. He left Algeria for France in 1960 in the course of the Algerian warfare of independence and had a troublesome life as a rootless teenager, telling AFP: \u201cI was violent; you didn\u2019t wish to mess with me; I used to be a nasty child \u2026 I wouldn\u2019t hearken to anybody; to me, adults \u2013 everybody \u2013 had been enemies.\u201d He modified his title to Gatlif, after a park in Algiers, after being stopped by the police as a 12-year-old.<\/p>\n Amongst his later movies, Exils, additionally starring Duris, explored his Algerian heritage, and received the perfect director award at Cannes in 2004.<\/p>\n Catherine P\u00e9gard, France\u2019s minister of tradition stated that Gatlif \u201chad a passion for the highway much less travelled, for blurring borders, and for lives that too usually go unnoticed\u201d. She added: \u201cHe filmed music, motion, exile, and freedom with an vitality that was uniquely his personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n