THE GYPSY BARON

The Gypsy Baron is a film about settled Romani in Soroca, a little town in the Republic of Moldova right at the Ukranian border. For Romani atypical settledness lead them to an unimaginable wealth and brings astonishing events and encounters to day-light, without doubt, hard to imagine for central Europeans. Small palaces with golden domes and strange façades, marbled halls and luxury cars in the driveway dominate the street picture. The whole settlement equals a megalomaniac, surreal and colourful Potemkin village.

The cinema documentary pictures the Romani traditions, their customs and every-day life through the eyes of Artur Cherrari, the reigning Gypsy Baron of Soroca, and the eyes of Vale, who might become the one in future.

FESTIVALS: Cronograf IDFF  Chisinau 2015, European Film Festival Bucharest 2015, EUNIC Mons 2015

Distribution: East Silver Market Jilhava IDFF, Docs for Sale IDFA Amsterdam

TV-Broadcast: ORF, 2016