La graine et le mulet [videorecording] = The secret of the grain / Pathé Renn Productions ; France 2 cinéma ; director Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue, Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri.
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FilmPublisher number: CC1891D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French, Arabic Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 527.Publication details: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2010Edition: Special ed, widescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. : ports.)ISBN: - 160465273X
- 9781604652734
- Couscous
- Secret of the grain
- Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Though it is seldom discussed (or acknowledged) in the West, modern-day France incorporates a substantial number of immigrant communities, with many indigenes from North Africa populating the bucolic regions of southern Gaul. Abdel Kechiche's La Graine et le Mulet hones in on one such community, located on the ocean, which exudes a laid-back, unforced rhythm and a slower pace of life for all of its residents. For many years, one such occupant, sexagenarian Slimane Beiji (Habib Boufares), has nurtured a single lifelong dream: to open up his own couscous and fish restaurant in the community. This dream appears ever more impossible when Slimane is promptly laid off, but he soon lands on the idea of occupying a wrecked boat and converting it into the restaurant. Meanwhile, the gentleman has recently divorced his wife, Souad (Bouraouia Marzouk), and has moved into a hotel owned by his lover, Latifa (Hatika Karaoui), but Slimane's extended family continues to meet at Souad's home on a weekly basis for her beloved fish couscous, where they expostulate their views on life and reflect on the state of their relationships with one another. In a tangentially related subplot, Slimane's oldest son, Hamid (Abdelhamid Aktouche), enjoys an extramarital affair, ignoring his nuptials with his Russian wife and the presence of his infant boy, and thus endangering the sanctity and happiness of his family. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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.
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.