title: Virgil (film)
text: # 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
  