Gipsy Queen

Gipsy Queen
Director
Hüseyin Tabak
Country
Germany, Austria
Year
2019
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Hüseyin Tabak
Cast
Alina Șerban, Tobias Moretti, Irina Kurbanova
Production
Dor Film West, Dor Film, NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Storyline

30 year old Ali has the heart of a lioness, is proud, doesn't complain and works herself to the bone for her two children, as a cleaner in Hamburg's famous nightclub "Ritze". But deep in her heart Ali carries a wound: after she became an unmarried mother in Romania she was disowned by her father - for whom, until then, she was the Gypsy Queen, the queen of all Roma. When Ali discovers the boxing ring in the Ritze's basement one day and gets to watch a fight, it brings back memories of boxing training with her father. Fully equipped and disappointed by life, Ali vents all her fury on the punching bag one evening. Tanne, ex-boxer and owner of the Ritze sees her and recognizes her talent. She starts to box again and sees the chance for a better life.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Black Nights Film Festival 2019
Competition