
Feature film · 2004
Exiles
Synopsis
One day, Zano puts a slightly wild idea to his partner Naïma: cross France and Spain to reach Algiers and finally know the land their parents once had to flee. Almost as a challenge, with music as their only luggage, these two children of exile set out on the road. In love with freedom, they let themselves be intoxicated for a time by the sensuality of Andalusia — before deciding to cross the Mediterranean. From one encounter to the next, from a techno beat to a flamenco air, Zano and Naïma retrace, in reverse, the path of exile. At the end of the journey, the promise of reclaiming themselves...
Credits
- Type
- Feature film
- Year
- 2004
- Release
- 25 August 2004
- Duration
- 1h43
- Director
- Tony Gatlif
- Screenplay
- Tony Gatlif
- Production
- Princes Films
- Country
- France
- Award
- Best Director Award — Cannes Film Festival 2004
- Cinematography
- Céline Bozon
- Editing
- Monique Dartonne
- Music
- Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet
- Sound
- Philippe Welsh
- Production design
- Brigitte Brassart
- Production director
- Laurent Dusothoit
- Distribution
- Pyramide
- Cast
- Romain Duris · Lubna Azabal · Leïla Makhlouf · Habib Cheik · Zouhir Gacem
Visual

Partners / collaborations
Pyramide · Cofimage 15 · Canal + · TPS · TV5 Monde · Nikkatsu Corporation · Naïve
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