Sami
Um músico francês, Stéphane, anda pela Roménia em busca de uma cantora cigana, que apenas conhece pela voz, graças a umas cassetes que o seu pai ouvia obsessivamente antes de morrer. Chega a uma aldeia cigana e tenta falar com um velho, apesar de não falar a língua e de não ser entendido na sua. O velho acaba por o hospedar em sua casa e Stéphane mergulha no universo cigano que desconhecia em absoluto. A aldeia adota-o e Stéphane conhece Sabina, uma cigana que viveu na Bélgica e que começa a desconfiar do "estrangeiro louco".
A dark and claustrophobic film, this brutal, tragic, gut-wrenching drama is set almost totally within the confines of a ship's cargo container that is only 25 square meters in size. It is the grim story of six ill-fated refugees trying to get to Canada from a port in France. The police are in hot pursuit when the septet of strangers are stowed away in the huge metal box. The refugees -- two men, two women and two children -- are of various backgrounds including Gypsy, Russian and Arab. The first of many problems occurs when a mother and daughter arrive with no food (they lost it during a chase). The one Russian refugee, Roman, declares that they should not be allowed to board the ship, but the other three refugees allow them in. Their ordeal begins when the ship breaks down in Liverpool.
Mondo, a young orphaned gypsy, finds himself in France, where he scouts out potential foster families, evades the police and meets an assortment of eccentric people. In his travels, Mondo first encounters a magician who takes on the boy as an assistant. Then he moves on again, eventually befriending Dadi, a street-smart vagrant, and Giordan, a wise fisherman. All the while, the boy keeps an eye out for would-be parents.
