Exils

Exils is a 2004 French film by Tony Gatlif. The film follows two young bohemians, Zano and Naima. After having sex, the two spontaneously decide that they will travel to Algeria, where Naima's parents come from, and where Zano's (Romain Duris) pied-noir parents were once exiled. Their adventurous journey to Algiers is full of character exploration, relationship hiccups and imagery. The film was also a homecoming for Gatlif himself, seeing him return to Algeria 43 years after he left.

This article is about the 2004 film. For other uses, see Exile (disambiguation).

Exils
Directed byTony Gatlif
Written byTony Gatlif
Lubna Azabal
Produced byTony Gatlif
Matilde Rubio
StarringRomain Duris
CinematographyCéline Bozon
Edited byMonique Dartonne
Music byTony Gatlif
Delphine Mantoulet
Leila Makhlouf
Habib Cheik
Zouhir Gacem
Distributed byHome Vision Entertainment
Release date
  • 25 August 2004 (2004-08-25)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesRomani
French
Arabic
Spanish

Plot

Zano and Naima travel from France, down through Spain toward Algeria but get lost many times along the way. They work as fruit pickers for a while.

Cast and characters

Awards

Gatlif won the award for Best Director at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Music

The film features original music by Tony Gatlif and vocals by Rona Hartner, who also performed in Gatlif's movie Gadjo dilo.

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Exils". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 November 2009.


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