La graine et le mulet [videorecording] = The secret of the grain / Mongrel/Métropole Films Distribution ; un film de Abdellatif Kechiche ; produit par Claude Berri ; une coproduction Hirsch/Pathé Renn Production, France 2 cinéma, avec la participation de CANAL+ et de Cinécinéma, en association avec BANQUE POPULAIRE IMAGES 6 ; scénario original de Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation et dialogues de Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
- Additional Titles
- Secret of the grain and Also known as: Couscous
- Published
- [Toronto, Ont.] : Distributed in Canada exclusively by Mongrel Media, [2009]
[Montréal, Québec] : Métropole Films Distribution. - Copyright Date
- [©2009]
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators
- Kechiche, Abdellatif, Berri, Claude, Lacroix, Ghalia, Boufares, Habib, Herzi, Hafsia, Benkhetache, Faridah, Pathé Renn Production, Hirsch (Firm), France 2 cinéma (Firm), Studio Canal+., Cinécinéma (Firm), Banque populaire. Images 6., Métropole Films Distribution, and Mongrel Media
- Language Note
- In French with optional English subtitles.
- Summary
- Set in the rustic port of Sete, the film follows Slimane, whose growing dissatisfaction with the shipyard job he's had for the last 35 years prompts him to try to open his own restaurant. His dream seems out of reach, but his contagious conviction and persistence work their way into the hearts of his loyal but dispersed family; the four children from his first marriage, his ex-wife, current girlfriend and her bright, outspoken daughter, Rym.
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- Genre(s)
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features include interviews with Hafsia Herzi, Bouraouïa Marzouk and the musicians from the film. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Director of photography, Lubomir Bakchev ; editor, Ghalya Lacroix ; music production, Christian Chevalier ; original music interpreted by Rabah Khalfa ... [et al.].
- Participant/Performer Note
- Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche, Alice Houri.
- Technical Details
- DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.
- Source of Acquisition
- Arts & Humanities copy: Purchased with funds from the Gift of the Laurent LeSage Libraries Collection Endowment for French Continental Literature; 20089.
- Endowment Note
- Gift of the Laurent LeSage Libraries Collection Endowment for French Continental Literature
Laurent LeSage Libraries Collection Endowment for French Continental Literature
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