| Virgil | |
| Starring: | Jalil Lespert Léa Drucker Jean-Pierre Cassel Philippe Nahon Patrick Floersheim Karim Belkhadra Sami Zitouni Jean-Marie Frin Tomer Sisley |
| Director: | Mabrouk El Mechri |
| Producer: | Sidonie Dumas |
| Music: | Frédéric Verrières |
| Cinematography: | Mabrouk El Mechri |
| Distributor: | Gaumont Columbia Tristar Films |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
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.
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.