Korkoro Princes Production présente ; en coproduction avec France 3 cinéma, Rhône-Alpes cinéma ; un film écrit et réalisé par Tony Gatlif ; scénario original et adaptation, Tony Gatlif ; collaboration à la adaptation, Delphine Mantoulet, Jacques Sotty

During the Second World War, a Gypsy family and an orphaned boy travel the roads of France before learning that the Vichy regime no longer gives them the right to travel freely. They settle in a town where Theodore, the town's mayor, and Miss Lundi, the schoolteacher, protect and help the Gypsies. Despite this, they are arrested and placed in an internment camp. Theodore manages to rescue them and gives them a piece of property where they must settle. But the Gypsies' deeply ingrained thirst for freedom makes this sedentary lifestyle difficult to bear. After Theodore and Miss Lundi are arrested for resistance, the Gypsies decide they must get back on the move in order to remain free.