La graine et le mulet The secret of the grain /
La graine et le mulet The secret of the grain / [videorecording] =
Couscous Secret of the grain
Pathé Renn Productions ; France 2 cinéma ; director Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue, Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri.
- Special ed, widescreen.
- [New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2010
- 2 videodiscs (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. : ports.).
- The Criterion collection ; 527 .
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 527. .
Special features: interview with Abdellatif Kechiche; extended version of the film's belly dancing sequence with introduction by director; video interview with film scholar Ludovic Cortade; additional interviews; theatrical trailer. Also includes booklet with essay by film critic Wesley Morris.
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri.
Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache.
Released in 2007.
When the patriarch of a French-Arab family, Slimane, acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife's fish couscous, the extended clan's passions and problems explode.
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16.9 widescreen TVs.
Soundtrack in French and Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.
160465273X 9781604652734
715515057813
CC1891D The Criterion Collection
Entrepreneurship--Drama.
Families--Drama.
Immigrants--Drama.
Restaurants--Drama.
Feature films.
Special features: interview with Abdellatif Kechiche; extended version of the film's belly dancing sequence with introduction by director; video interview with film scholar Ludovic Cortade; additional interviews; theatrical trailer. Also includes booklet with essay by film critic Wesley Morris.
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri.
Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache.
Released in 2007.
When the patriarch of a French-Arab family, Slimane, acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife's fish couscous, the extended clan's passions and problems explode.
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16.9 widescreen TVs.
Soundtrack in French and Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.
160465273X 9781604652734
715515057813
CC1891D The Criterion Collection
Entrepreneurship--Drama.
Families--Drama.
Immigrants--Drama.
Restaurants--Drama.
Feature films.