Ovidiu Balan, playing a homeless Gypsy boy, made this movie worth seeing. The movie, in itself, is visually stunning. More of a video documentary than anything, it has very little dialogue....and maybe that's a good thing. Words get in the way sometimes.
From what I have heard, Ovidiu Balan is not French and was deported after the making of the movie.
From what I have heard, Ovidiu Balan is not French and was deported after the making of the movie.