Virgil (film)
# Virgil (film)

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
