Poetical Refugee
Original title: La faute à Voltaire
2000 · 2 h 6 min
Cast
Sami Bouajila 
Élodie Bouchez 
Bruno Lochet 
Aure Atika 
Olivier Loustau Virginie Darmon
Credits
Written by: 
Abdellatif Kechiche
Plot
A short film following a young Algerian poet in Paris who dreams of his home while living a life of small jobs and loneliness.
Sinekatalog’s take
Abdellatif Kechiche's early French short, Poetical Refugee, is a quiet portrait of exile; the details here rest on the synopsis.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (1,005 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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