Latcho Drom
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An amazing documentary, showing the spread of the Rom (Gypsies) and their music from India, through Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Germany, France and Spain (and other countries I can't remember at the moment).

There is no plot, per se...the whole movie is of one group of people after another, singing, dancing, playing instruments, traveling...the songs are all in the language of the people, with English subtitles (in the version I saw), just enough to let you know what the song is about without translating the whole thing.

The continuity of the music and dance, the people, the costume, the locations, the camera work and the connections made from one group to the next combine to make this a visually stunning movie...true, there is no real plot, but anyone who is interested in music or dance will find this movie fascinating...well worth seeing, even though it's only on video.