Gogol Bordello: Non-stop
Margarita Jimeno:
Gogol Bordello: Non-stop (USA, 2008)
90 min. - Russia, Spanish, English - English subtitles
Lead by Eugene Hütz, that perpetual-moving man in moustache, Gogol Bordello has risen from New York’s hipster scene to international awareness; today, their overly energetic Gypsy punk makes people jump regardless of their nationality. In her documentary Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, Margarita Jimeno follows the band’s journey all the way from russo-disco-club to the world tour. The Musixine winner, awarded at the Oulu music video festival, looks like the protagonists: it’s lively, smudgy, bouncy and full of enchanting energy.
Margarita Jimeno gets astonishingly close to the birth of the group and Eugene Hütz’s extraordinary personality. Jimeno and her camera followed Hütz over a period of five years when Gogol Bordello grew from NY underground to a worldwide phenomenon. The members of the group share the immigrant background and being outsiders in the middle of a strange, new culture. The Gypsy punk played by this unique band has, in fact, become a sort of characteristic folk music for all refugees, emigrants and immigrants – everyone who carries the feeling of home under their skin.
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MARGARITA JIMENO
Margarita Jimeno is an emerging director and writer, who brings her unique creative and visual style to all projects ranging from documentaries, short films, music videos to feature films. Jimeno is founder of the production company Hoptza Films. In addition She is an accomplished videographer, photographer, editor, writer and creative director. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Jimeno moved to New York in 1997. Her work reflects her passion for music, and the peculiarities of life, which tend to be absurd, and surrealistic.
