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Fri 08 Aug 2007TransylvaniaThis characteristically baggy film from Tony Gatlif (which, despite its title, has nothing to do with the undead) begins with one Zingarina, played by the reliably uninhibited Asia Argento, running her ex-lover to ground in a rural part of Romania.Milan (Marco Castoldi), a Romany musician, claimed to have suffered deportation from France at about the same time Zingarina fell pregnant, but, it transpires, this was just an excuse to avoid any unpleasant disagreements.