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Secret of the grain = La graine et le mulet

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special ed. ; Widescreen version.

Languages

Soundtrack in French and Arabic dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache.

Publication Information

[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2010

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. : ports.).

Audience

Not rated.

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.

Notes

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.

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