Flames of God
1h 2m
Running Time
Plot.
Muzafer Bislim comes up with some of his most insightful songs while sitting on the floor, recording lyrics into a cassette recorder bought at a flea market. A poet and songwriter who collaborates with the biggest names in Romani music, the 54-year old lives a life of modest means with his family in Shutka, Macedonia. Stored in the corner of his one-room house is a tottering, ceiling-high stack of handwritten, 25,000-word, multi-dialect dictionary of the oldest and most obscure words in the Romani language, which he has painstakingly collected over 35 years. When he's invited to the International Biennial of Poets held in Paris, he sees the trip as an opportunity to have his dictionary published. A testament to the endurance of a people who have been scattered across Europe, the dictionary is not only a work of art but also a rare link to a divided past.
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Cast & Crew.
Muzafer Bislim
Pamela Cohn
Consulting Producer
Meshakai Wolf
Director / Editor / Producer / Writer
Pierre Chopinaud
Producer / Writer
Gregory Scarborough
Producer
Kosta Asmanis
Cinematography
Details.
This Movie Is About.
romani people
ancient language film
romani
endangered language