The Secret of The GrainDirected by Abdellatif Kechiche
Produced by Pathé Films, Hirsch
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 2 h 31 min
French release : 12/12/2007
Production year : 2005
DirectorActorsSynopsis At the port of Sète, Mr. Slimani, a tired 60-year-old, drags himself toward a shipyard job that has become more and more difficult to cope with as the years go by. He is a divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite the schisms and tensions that are easily sparked off and that financial difficulties make even more intense. He is going through a delicate period in his life and, recently, everything seems to make him feel useless: a failure. He wants to escape from it all and set up his own restaurant. However, it appears to be an unreachable dream given his meager, irregular salary that is not anywhere near enough to supply what he needs to realize his ambition. But he can still dream and talk about it with his family in particular. A family that gradually gives its support to this project, which comes to symbolize the means to a better life. Thanks to its ingeniousness and hard work, this dream soon becomes a reality...or almost.... Source : IMDb Production photos (5)
Posters gallery (5)Press book (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Pathé Films, Hirsch
Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
Film export/Foreign Sales : Pathé Distribution
French distribution : Pathé Distribution
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Claude Berri
Line Producer : Pierre Grunstein
Screenwriter : Abdellatif Kechiche
Director of Photography : Lubomir Bakchev
Sound Recordists : Nicolas Waschkowski, Olivier Laurent, Éric Legarçon, Éric Armbruster, Jean-Paul Hurier
Camera Operator : Sofian El Fani
Production Manager : Benoît Pilot
Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
Editors : Ghalya Lacroix, Camille Toubkis
Continuity supervisor : Dominique Arcé
Production Designer : Benoit Barouh
Casting : Monya Galbi
Costume Designer : Maria Beloso
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2005
French release : 12/12/2007
Runtime : 2 h 31 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 112.262
Visa issue date : 27/11/2007
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby DTS
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