The other Roma dislike Stéphane at first, insulting him in their language and believing him to be a lunatic, tricking him into saying rude words and even into entering a tent where women are bathing.

Stéphane gradually wins them over by showing his respect for their music and culture and is rewarded with an intimate look into every aspect of Roma life, from a raucous wedding to a bittersweet funeral.

They hurry to the concert venue and tell Izidor, who races outside and begs the earth to open and reunite him with his son.

The Romani people, so often accused of numerous crimes and demonized by outsiders, are shown as predominantly positive, yet wronged figures.

[3] Music plays another major role in the film, echoing Gatlif's magnum opus, Latcho Drom.

This time it is an Italian woman who travels from France to Romanian Transylvania to find her lover, a Romani musician.