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VIVA CONSTANTA! (Romania, 2006)

Friday October 30 st - Kriterion 2
21.45 / 2 marks

Director: Emese Ambrus

Dutch premiere

Tudor Lakatos is a school teacher. He is in his 40s, he’s a Gypsy, and he wants to be famous. He also found a way to reach fame: he is an imitator of Elvis Presley. The lyrics of the great hits once played by the “king of rock-and-roll” have been translated into Romany, and Tudor Lakatos gets ready for the tour to Constanta. His Romany-Rock repertoire is the key to fame. We travel with Tudor and hear him singing for travellers, cafe guests and farmer women, until he finds a matching band and reaches national TV! Sweet short music documentary.

Followed by:

EDUCATING DENIS (Netherlands, 2009)

with special guest appearance: Director Ivo Biegman

A Roma musician from Bulgaria travels to Amsterdam with his grandson Denis, to earn money for Denis's  education and gets confronted with the Dutch view onlearning and child labour.