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Aro Recommended Exils

 

aka: Exiles
France 2004, 103 minutes
Dir. Tony Gatlif
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Music / Adventure, Road Movie

 

Aroview: Possibly dir. Gatlif's most exuberant and personal film yet, this observes a bohemian French couple's journey southwards to their family's respective ancestral roots in Algeria.

As usual this Gatlif finds analogues for this voyage of cultural discovery in a tremendous musical score, which here evolves as events progress from Westernised 'trance' sounds to the ecstatic acoustic religious music of a Sufi 'cleansing' ceremony. Also paying greater attention than usual to landscape, this invigorates a familiar agenda with Mediterranean imagery and a sustained portrait of human passion.

NZ International Film Festival 2005

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