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The winner of four César awards, including best picture and director, Abdellatif Kechiche’s The Secret of the Grain is a stirring drama about the daily joys and struggles of a bustling French-Arab family. It has the texture of a documentary but a classic, almost Shakespearean structure: when patriarch Slimane acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife’s couscous and fish, the extended clan’s passions and problems explode, leading to an engrossing, suspenseful climax. With sensitivity and grit, The Secret of the Grain celebrates the role food plays in family life and gets to the core of contemporary immigrant experience.
Original Release
12/12/2007
US Release
12/24/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Habib Boufares | Slimane Beiji / Slimane Beji |
Hafsia Herzi | Rym |
Farida Benkhetache | Karima |
Abdelhamid Aktouche | Hamid |
Alice Houri | Julia |
Bouraouïa Marzouk | Souad |
Cyril Favre | Serguei |
Leila D'Issernio | Lilia |
Abelkader Djeloulli | Kader |
Bruno Lochet | Mario |
Directors
Writers
Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
Cast
Name | Character |
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Habib Boufares | Slimane Beiji / Slimane Beji |
Hafsia Herzi | Rym |
Farida Benkhetache | Karima |
Abdelhamid Aktouche | Hamid |
Alice Houri | Julia |
Bouraouïa Marzouk | Souad |
Cyril Favre | Serguei |
Leila D'Issernio | Lilia |
Abelkader Djeloulli | Kader |
Bruno Lochet | Mario |
Olivier Loustau | José |
Sami Zitouni | Majid |
Sabrina Ouazani | Olfa |
Mohamed Benabdeslem | Riadh |
Hatika Karaoui | Latifa |
Henri Rodriguez | Henri |
Nadia Taoul | Sarah (as Nadia Taouil) / Sarah |
Jeanne Corporon | La banquière |
Francis Arnaud | Monsieur Gruault |
Henri Cohen | Claude Dorner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pierre Grunstein | Executive Producer |
Claude Berri | Producer |
Nathalie Rheims | Producer |
Jérôme Seydoux | Producer |