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.

Cast Jalil Lespert as Virgil Léa Drucker as Margot Jean-Pierre Cassel as Ernest Philippe Nahon as Louis Patrick Floersheim as Dunlopillo Karim Belkhadra as Sid Sami Zitouni as Kader Jean-Marie Frin as Mario Taliori Tomer Sisley as Dino Taliori Jean-Luc Abel as Marcel Marc Duret as Man in the kitchen

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