People are voting emotionally.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This story takes place in France among Gypsies, the French Indians, sort of outcasts. You have here a strange character, vey unusual, involved with the Gypsies in a complex way which I never really got. Many elements miss in this very deep minded and sensitive approach in the story telling. But the weird editing don't make things easier ti totally understand this worth movie not for all audiences.