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IFC Films
Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
The winner of four César awards, including best picture and director, Abdellatif Kechiche’s The Secret of the Grain is a stirring drama about the daily joys and struggles of a bustling French-Arab family. It has the texture of a documentary but a classic, almost Shakespearean structure: when patriarch Slimane acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife’s couscous and fish, the extended clan’s passions and problems explode, 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.
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Format: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
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French 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
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English
Region:
A
Discs:
1 Disc |
BD-50
Supplements
- New video interview with Abdellatif Kechiche
- Sueur, Kechiche’s extended reedit of the climactic belly-dancing sequence, featuring a new video introduction by the director
- New video interview with film scholar Ludovic Cortade
- Excerpt from a 20 heures television interview with Abdellatif Kechiche and actress Hafsia Herzi
- Video interviews with actresses Hafsia Herzi, Bouraouïa Marzouk, and the film’s musicians
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Wesley Morris
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Producer: Curtis Tsui
Artwork: Sarah Habibi
Artwork: Luba Lukova
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