Passing away at 77, Tony Gatlif leaves behind a unique body of work where music, exile, and Rom culture become a universal language. From Latcho Drom to Exils, his French cinema has crossed borders without ever being confined.
French-Algerian filmmaker Tony Gatlif has died at 77 while working on a historical film in Arles. Through Gadjo Dilo, Latcho Drom and Exils, he leaves a global body of work in which music, exile and freedom gave visibility to lives too rarely seen.
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