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The Secret of the Grain (2007)

Original title: la graine et le mulet

Production: France|151 min

Dramatic

Poster of movie The Secret of the Grain

in southern france, a franco-arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

Festivals and awards

Venezia Festival 2007 -

Leone d'argento - Gran premio della giuria

Venezia Festival 2007 -

Marcello Mastroianni Award
Assigned to: Hafsia Herzi

Venezia Festival 2007 -

Premio FIPRESCI

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Meilleur réalisateur
Assigned to: Abdellatif Kechiche

Meilleur scénario original
Assigned to: Abdellatif Kechiche

Meilleure révélation féminine
Assigned to: Hafsia Herzi

Lumière 2008 -

Meilleure mise en scène
Assigned to: Abdellatif Kechiche

Lumière 2008 -

Révélation féminine
Assigned to: Hafsia Herzi

EFA - European Film Award 2008 -

European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI

Venezia Festival 2007 - nomination Golden Lion - Selection

Nastro Argento 2008 - nomination Migliore film europeo

César 2008 - nomination Meilleur montage
Assigned to: Camille Toubkis, Ghalia Lacroix

Lumière 2008 - nomination Meilleur film

David Donatello 2008 - nomination Miglior film dell'Unione europea

Direction

Abdellatif Kechiche

Abdellatif Kechiche: regista

Production and Screenplay

Claude Berri

Claude Berri: produttore

Pierre Grunstein: produttore esecutivo

Abdellatif Kechiche

Abdellatif Kechiche: sceneggiatore

Abdellatif Kechiche

Abdellatif Kechiche: scrittore

Nathalie Rheims: produttore

Interpreters and Characters

Henri Rodriguez
(Henri)

Olivier Loustau
(Jose)

Alice Houri
(Julia)

Leila D'Issernio
(Lilia)

Sami Zitouni
(Majid)

Bruno Lochet(età:48)
(Mario)

Nadia Taoul
(Sarah)

Abdelhamid Aktouche
(hamid)

Bouraouïa Marzouk
(souad)

Abelkader Djeloulli
(kader)

Habib Boufares
(slimane)

Farida Benkhetache
(karima)

Mohamed Karaoui
(lafita)

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi(età:20)
(rym)

Ouazani Sabrina

Ouazani Sabrina(età:19)
(olfa)

Mohamed Benabdeslem
(riadh)

Cyril Favre
(serguei)

Mélèze Bouzid

Benaïssa Ahaouari

Ezzadine Bouzid

Jeanne Corporon

Gilles Matheron(età:42)

Violaine De carne

Technical staff

Camille Toubkis: montatore

Ghalia Lacroix: montatore

Lubomir Bakchev

Lubomir Bakchev: direttore della fotografia

Benoît Barouh: scenografo

Mario Beloso Hall: costumista

France Rossi: truccatore

France Rossi: parrucchiere

Jean-Christophe Roger: truccatore

Benoît Barouh: scenografo

Christophe Couzon: scenografo

Severine marla Levy: parrucchiere

Anne Fremiot: casting

Maria Beloso-hall: costumista

Monya Galbi: casting