Gipsy

Gipsy

The story of a musician who is struggling to put personal misfortune behind him.

2000 · 106 min · ★ 4.5 · Drama

Andres is a flamenco singer who has just gotten out of prison after being falsely convicted of the murder of Romero, a member of his band. As Andres tries to re-acclimate himself to freedom, he discovers things have not been going his way while he was up the river; his wife Lucia is having an affair with another man, while his bullying father Isidoro is obsessed with getting revenge against Don Manuel, who rules a local crime syndicate known as the Junco Family.

Directed by Manuel Palacios · Written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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