Exiles

The winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for director Tony Gatlif and starring Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Heartbreaker), Exiles is a freewheeling drama about a young couple’s nostalgic desire to retrace their parents’ steps to Algeria. The journey throws up a series of twists and turns as they delve deeper into their own pasts and selves. The changing landscape exquisitely shot every step of the way, Gatlif’s unique direction of vibrant music scenes (of note the final trance) and performances marrying a perfect mix of introspection and exubérance, cements this feature as one of Gatlif’s most accomplished works among an already celebrated career to date.