- Exils
Infobox Film
name = Exils
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director =Tony Gatlif
producer =Tony Gatlif Matilde Rubio
writer =Tony Gatlif Lubna Azabal
starring =Romain Duris
music =Tony Gatlif Delphine Mantoulet
Leila Makhlouf
Habib Cheik
Zouhir Gacem
cinematography =Céline Bozon
editing =Monique Dartonne
distributor = Home Vision Entertainment
released = flagicon|FranceAugust 25 , 2004
runtime = 104 min.
country = flagicon|FranceFrance
flagicon|JapanJapan
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language = Romani
French
Arabic
Spanish
budget =
gross =
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imdb_id ="Exiles" is a 2004 French film by
Tony Gatlif . The film follows two young French-Algerian bohemians, Zano and Naima, who spontaneously decide, after having sex, that they will travel to Algeria, where Naima's parents come from, and where Zano's (Romain Duris ) 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.Plot
The viewer is not intended to like nor dislike either character. Zano is meant to be brooding and profound to the point of being sulky, and world-hating and Naima wildly passionate to the point of being slutty and insane; and both far too self-absorbed to care about either one of the other.
The pair travel from
France , down throughSpain towardAlgeria but get lost many times along the way. They work as fruit pickers for a while, allowing for a naughty sex scene in the orchard. At times the movie, in particular the travelling wardrobe and the privacy of the sex scene at the crowded workplace, seems unbelievable.The cinematography is outstanding, the director manages to find beauty in the most squalid and putrid of environments.
Cast and characters
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Romain Duris : Zano
*Lubna Azabal : Naima
* Leila Makhlouf : Leila
* Habib Cheik : Habib
* Zouhir Gacem : SaidMusic
The film features original music by Tony Gatlif and vocals by
Rona Hartner , who also performed in Gatlif's movieGadjo dilo .External links
*Imdb title|id=0400420|title=Exils
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