Directed by:
Abdellatif KechicheScreenplay:
Abdellatif KechicheCinematography:
Lubomir BakchevCast:
Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Sabrina Ouazani, Mélèze Bouzid, Henri Cohen, Jeanne Corporon, Bruno Lochet, Olivier Loustau, Carole Franck, Benhaïssa Ahouari (more)Plots(1)
It has the texture of a documentary but a classic, almost Shakespearean structure: when patriarch Slimane acts on his wish to open a port-side restaurant specializing in his ex-wife's fish couscous, the extended clan's passions and problems explode in riveting drama, 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Habib Boufares
Best movies:
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Another Sky (2010)
Hafsia Herzi
France
Best movies:
The Source (2011)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Mektoub, My Love (2017)
Sabrina Ouazani
France
Best movies:
The Source (2011)
Games of Love and Chance (2003)
Paris (2008)
Mélèze Bouzid
Best movies:
Skirt Day (2008)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Homeland (2013)
Henri Cohen
Best movies:
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
The Balconettes (2024)
Taxi 4 (2007)
Jeanne Corporon
Best movies:
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
The Counsel (2010)
Black Venus (2010)
Bruno Lochet
France
Best movies:
The Three Brothers (1995)
Poetical Refugee (2000)
Superwho? (2022)
Olivier Loustau
Best movies:
Games of Love and Chance (2003)
Poetical Refugee (2000)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Carole Franck
Best movies:
Little Tickles (2018)
Amour (2012)
Games of Love and Chance (2003)
Benhaïssa Ahouari
Best movies:
Skirt Day (2008)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Homeland (2013)
Gilles Matheron
France
Best movies:
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Alex Hugo (2014) (series)
The Counsel (2010)
Alice Houri
Best movies:
Nenette and Boni (1996)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Bouraouïa Marzouk
Best movies:
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
The Tower (2018)
Sami Zitouni
Best movies:
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
The Killer (2007)
Poetical Refugee (2000)