Habib Cheik, Leila Makhlouf, Lubna Azabal
Zano and his companion Naima travel across France and Spain down to Algeria, where they might ultimately come to know the land their parents once had to flee. Enamored with their freedom, they let the...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
Stats: 155 reviews
I was unfortunate enough to catch this movie in some godforsaken film festival. I don't know much about Tony Gatlif but if I only judge him based on this movie, I 'd say the poor fellow should give up on cinema now. This is simply a bad film disguised as cult. There is a scene at...( read more)
An unconventional - and therefore, seemingly realistic - "road movie" about finding one's roots, the Franco-Algerian experience is well documented by this film that is worth seeing for, at the very least, its depictions of Spain as the young couple makes its way "home". Edgy, and...( read more)
Avoid one of the comments below,the film is original.If people still think Mamma Mias and Rents are the sole disposals of "entertainment",well they're wrong.Music comes from various backgrounds.Exils has a pair of most beloved protagonists and a dynamic beat.Of course it's a musi...( read more)
Paris, the present. French Arab Zano suggests to the girl sharing his bed, Naïma, that they travel to Algeria. Although the music-obsessed pair are all but strangers, she agrees. They catch a train to Seville, but, travelling without tieckets, are forced off before reaching the c...( read more)
one of the best trip movies I have seen, I must say. tony gatlif brought us a trip inside spanish minorities/immigrants and north africa's roots, in a very musical hippie-kind way. the freedom, the passion... and the trance session made my head blow!
I tend to avoid movies where the female leads have as much hair on their faces as the dudes do.
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