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The secret of the grain = La graine et le mulet
Title
The secret of the grain = La graine et le mulet / IFC Films presents ; a French Coproduction Hirsch, Pathé Renn Production ; France 2 Cinéma with the participation of Canal and Cinécinéma in association with Banque Populaire Images 6 ; original screenplay by Abdellatif Kechiche ; produced by Claude Berri ; producer, Pierre Grunstein ; directed by Abdellatif Kechicihe.
ISBN
9781604653274
1604653272
Edition
[Widescreen format], Blu-ray special ed.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, 2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
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.
Cinematography, Lubomir Bakchev ; film editing, Ghalya Lacroix.
French and Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Graine et le mulet
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French; Arabic
Added to Catalog
March 19, 2019
Series
Criterion collection ; 527
Credits
Cinematography, Lubomir Bakchev ; film editing, Ghalya Lacroix.
Cast
Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche, Bouraouïa Marzouk, Alice Houri, Cyril Favre, Leïla D'Issernio, Abdelkader Djeloulli, Bruno Lochet, Olivier Loustau, Sami Zitouni, Sabrina Ouazani.
System details note
Blu-ray, widescreen; DTS-HD Master Audio; region A.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Videorecording number
CC1926BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
IFC Films.
Pathé Renn Production.
France 2 cinéma (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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