The Gypsy (Gitan, Le) (1975)

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General		Extras
Category	Crime	None
Rating
Year Of Production	1975
Running Time	98:15
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	José Giovanni
Studio Distributor	Canal+ Madman Entertainment	Starring	Alain Delon Paul Meurisse Annie Girardot Marcel Bozzuffi Bernard Giraudeau Renato Salvatori Maurice Barrier Maurice Biraud Nicolas Vogel Michel Fortin Pierre Danny Adolfo Lastretti Rino Bolognesi
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	?	Music	Claude Bolling

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.66:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.66:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	None	Smoking	Yes
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

    Alain Delon is Hugo Sennart aka The Gypsy. Sennart is a long-suffering gypsy, a social outcast and wanted man. Protected by his fellow people, Sennart is a ruthless criminal, and the crimes he commits are in the name of the injustices suffered by his people. As Sennart prepares to disappear once and for all, he must settle old scores and his plight is shown parallel to that of Yan Kuq (Paul Meurisse), an aging professional jewel thief, who is also a wanted man.

    As the police close in on Kuq and Sennart, the two find themselves having to work together to evade capture and because of their differences ‘honour among thieves’ comes into question, particularly since the two criminals are separated by class and the reasons for their crimes – Sennart has struggled due to his environment and steals to survive, while Kuq, simply steals because he can.

    Written and directed by José Giovanni, The Gypsy is an interesting crime-drama, which presents the predicaments of two different criminals without any sense of romanticism.

Video

    Presented in 1:66:1 16x9 enhanced widescreen, the transfer is satisfactory considering the age of the film. The colour scheme is natural and the transfer at most times sharp and defined.

    While shadow detail is equally adequate, mild film grain and assorted artefacts appear throughout the feature film. There are no subtitles available for the feature film.

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Audio

    There is only a 2.0 English soundtrack available on this DVD. This soundtrack is clear and does not exhibit any problems.

    The film is scored with an original score by Claude Bolling and classic songs by Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.

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Main Menu

    A still derived from the DVD artwork of the ‘Best French Flicks’ boxset, with options for 12 scene selections.

    This title is currently available in R4 as part of the ‘Best French Flicks’ boxset from Madman, and the ‘French Screen Icons – Alain Delon 2’ boxset.

    Overseas this title is only available in the R2 (France) 10 Disc barebones boxset of Alain Delon films from Studio Canal, along with the following titles; The Red Circle, The Burned Barns, Un Flic, Red Sun, Plein Soleil, Icy Flesh, Honor Among Thieves, The Widow Couderc , Armaguedon

    It is unknown if this boxset is English Friendly.

    The R1 (US) ‘Alain Delon 5 Film boxset’ also contains this title with the original French soundtrack with English subtitles - along with The Swimming Pool, Diabolically Yours, The Widow Couderc, Our Story.

    Written and directed by José Giovanni, The Gypsy is an interesting crime-drama which presents the predicaments of two different criminals without any sense of romanticism.

    The DVD release is satisfactory, although the absence of the original French soundtrack is disappointing. This title is currently available in 2 reasonably priced boxsets - 'Best French Crime Flicks' and 'French Screen Icons - Alain Delon 2'.

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