Exils (2004)

Directed by

Tony Gatlif

Genre

drama film, musical film, adventure film

Country

France, Japan

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young bohemians in France impulsively decide to travel to Algeria. The journey becomes a road movie of self-discovery and relationship tests.

wanderingsensualsun-drenchedbittersweetspontaneousexploratorylyricalgroundedmeditative

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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