Fiddlers

Toma Alistar leads a band of musicians. The band is a travelling Roma band. Where they come from is the steppe of Bessarabia. Toma is a skilled violinist. His fame carries him far. He plays in European capitals and at royal courts. But his mind stays in one place. He cannot forget Leanca, his first love. While Toma was on the road Leanca was married to another. What follows turns into a search. Toma spends his life and his money trying to find her. Music is what carries the account. The film runs drama, romance and music together. Grigore Grigoriu and Svetlana Toma take the leads, with Sergey Lunkevich also in the cast, in Emil Loteanu’s Soviet film of 1973.