Virgil (film)

Virgil

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri
Produced by Sidonie Dumas
Written by Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring Jalil Lespert
Léa Drucker
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Philippe Nahon
Patrick Floersheim
Karim Belkhadra
Sami Zitouni
Jean-Marie Frin
Tomer Sisley
Music by Frédéric Verrières
Cinematography Mabrouk El Mechri
Distributed by Gaumont Columbia Tristar Films
Release dates
  • September 2005 (2005-09)
Running time
93 minutes
Country France
Language French

Virgil is a 2005 comedy drama film written and directed by French-Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, his first feature film. It had its first public screening in movie theaters starting September 2005. The film is about the life of a French boxer in the French suburbs.

Synopsis

Every week, Virgil dreams of his father Ernest telling him about his earlier life as a boxer. And every week he dreams of a crossing glance from a young woman named Margot. This week, his father announces that he will finally come to see his son fight on the boxing ring. One problem: Virgil has not been boxing for the last three years.

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