The Romeo and Juliet story of forbidden love gets a fresh variant in this musical film set in the Balkans of our times. Julijana is the daughter of a Serbian trumpet player, the best of his kind, while Romeo is a gypsy and an aspiring musician by himself. Their love is preempted by the racial barriers, which only an apparently impossible win the traditional trumpet festival at Gucha could possibly make true. The story is quite expected, and the charm of the movie resides in the direct and sincere approach, including the acting of the two main protagonists and a lot of amateur actors around giving an air of authenticity, the luminous and somehow idyllic cinematography and especially the music which dominated and embraces the whole film. Without being too original the film is worth a look and especially an audition.
Review of Gucha: Distant Trumpet
