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

Additional Titles: Secret of the grain and Couscous
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2010.
Edition: Special ed, widescreen.
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 3 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Kechiche, Abdellatif, Lacroix, Ghalia, Berri, Claude, Boufares, Habib, Herzi, Hafsia, Benkhetache, Faridah, Criterion Collection (Firm), Pathé Renn Production, and France 2 cinéma (Firm)

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Series

Criterion collection ; 527

Language Note

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.

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ISBN

9781604652734
160465273X

Note

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.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation and dialogue by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix ; producer, Claude Berri.

Participant/Performer Note

Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache.

Data/Place of Event

Released in 2007.

Technical Details

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs.

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