Exil tells the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who feels discriminated and bullied at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.
Acting
Matićević's trembling restraint as Xhafer crumbles from within.
Direction
Morina weaponizes awkward silences like horror jump scares.
Sound
The dripping faucet becomes a character. You'll hate it.
Director
Visar Morina
Mišel Matičević
Xhafer
Sandra Hüller
Nora
Rainer Bock
Urs
Thomas Mraz
Manfred
Flonja Kodheli
Hatiqe
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Urs's Wife
Stephan Grossmann
Mr. Winkler
Uwe Preuss
Mr. Koch
Nicole Marischka
Valerie
Daniel Sträßer
Georg
Franziska Hartmann
Koch's Secretary
Sybille J. Schedwill
Mrs. Kraus
Corinna Kirchhoff
Mother-in-Law
Astrit Kabashi
Mr. Krasniqi
Anna Lucia Gualano
Rosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morina, himself Kosovo-Albanian, channels German workplace otherness with autobiographical precision. The film premiered at Sundance 2020, then vanished into pandemic obscurity.
The birthday cake scene — where colleagues 'forget' Xhafer while celebrating another — was improvised after Matičević's genuine discomfort. That flush on his face? Real humiliation.
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