Product Details

• Actors: Ovidiu Balan, Philippe Petit, Pierrette Fesch, Jerry Smith, Schahla Aalam
• Directors: Tony Gatlif
• Writers: Tony Gatlif, Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio
• Producers: Michèle Ray-Gavras
• Format: Color, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: French
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Yorker Video
• VHS Release Date: April 13, 1999
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1567301657
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,042 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars words don't do this movie justice, August 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Mondo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As long as I live I will never forget seeing MONDO in 1997. It moved me as no other movie has ever done. Images from the movie are still with me - a lush garden, the doves, the sea. MONDO isn't about 'issues.' It doesn't seek to model real-life solutions or answer tough social issues. It is an image, a poem, a thought.
I thought the long review by the guy who was upset because he had 'supported' this movie was WAY off the wall (and hello, why didn't he just walk out and ask for a refund at the theater?) He was looking at MONDO as though it were an instructional video that came with a VCR, or a Bill Nye show. MONDO doesn't claim to tell you what to do. In fact, MONDO doesn't claim to be about you or your problems or here and now or here and now's problems. MONDO is art....also, despite the childlike innocence of the film, it is not a children's movie. I find it very difficult to imagine any kid running away after seeing this - especially after seeing the end.
MONDO is a dream. I can't adequately explain how beautiful this movie is. It has always reminded me of the Portugeuse word 'saudade,' which doesn't translate literally but expresses a longing of the soul, a deep yearning, a nostalgia for right now.
I also highly recommend Latcho Drom.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An alternative to the first reviewer, September 9, 2000

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Nancy "maisoui" (Denton, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mondo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film is an amazing metaphor for the idea of the "restless and free" gypsy, and is a wonderful counterbalance to the notion of settlement proposed for sinti and roma populations in the EU. This is not about a run away child a la Salaam Bombay, but a mythical spirit who touches the lives of outcast people in a society riven with prejudice against the gypsies. watch it for its incredible cinematography, brilliant performances, and spectacular moral.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mondo, June 27, 2001

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Anne Nwokoye (Amherst, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mondo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I experienced Mondo as an incredibly beautiful and moving portrait, not only of a (child) character, but also symbolically of the "True Self" in each of us. There is a delicate balance between how the vagaries of life and society impact personal connection and how human uniqueness and fundamental goodness transcend loss. There is above all poetry, playfulness, deepness and humanness in abundunce. Unforgettable.