It's a love story involving rough-diamond protagonists, raucous gypsy music, majestic landscapes and an upbeat ending, deftly blended by one of the unsung heroes of art house cinema. Gatlif has been here before -- "Gadjo Dilo" (1997), his biggest commercial success to date, also was shot in Romania -- but with a bigger budget and two up-and-coming actors in the lead roles, his latest movie could mark a breakthrough into mainstream markets. When the feisty Zingarina (Asia Argento, also featured in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette"), travels to Transylvania with her bosom friend Marie (Amira Casar) in tow to rejoin the father of the child she is carrying, she is in for a rude shock.

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