BERLINALE 2020: Panorama

EXIL

EXILE

Xhafer, a 45-year-old, Kosovo-born pharmaceutical engineer living in Germany suddenly feels discriminated against and bullied at work because of his ethnic background. When Xhafer finds a dead rat hanging from the gate in front of his home, it is immediately clear to him that his racist colleagues could be behind it. Every occurrence, every word, every gesture is taken as evidence. Xhafer’s uneasiness grows every day. His German wife Nora is tired of him playing the race card all the time. Do his colleagues simply dislike him? Or is there more to their hostility? Is this all in his mind or is it the actual reality?

Visar Morina (© Maria Asselin-Roy)Poster EXILE
Visar Morina (© Maria Asselin-Roy)
photos © Komplizen Film
  • Genre
    Drama
  • CATEGORY
    Feature
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2020
  • DIRECTOR
    Visar Morina
  • SCREENPLAY
    Visar Morina
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Matteo Cocco
  • CAST
    Mišel Matičević, Sandra Hüller, Rainer Bock, Thomas Mraz
  • PRODUCERS
    Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade
  • CO-PRODUCERS
    Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Komplizen Film, in co-production with Frakas Productions, Ikonë Studio, WDR, ARTE, VOO, BeTV
  • RUNTIME
    121 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German, Albanian
  • FESTIVALS
    Berlinale 2020
  • SALES
    The Match Factory
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