Exils

{{about|the 2004 film|other uses|Exile (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Exils

| image = Exils (film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Tony Gatlif

| writer = Tony Gatlif
Lubna Azabal

| producer = Tony Gatlif
Matilde Rubio

| starring = Romain Duris

| cinematography = Céline Bozon

| editing = Monique Dartonne

| music = Tony Gatlif
Delphine Mantoulet
Leila Makhlouf
Habib Cheik
Zouhir Gacem

| distributor = Home Vision Entertainment

| released = {{Film date|2004|08|25|df=y}}

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = France

| language = Romani
French
Arabic
Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4200486/year/2004.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Exils |accessdate=2009-11-30|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Music

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

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