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A French drama about a small North African port community based in Southern France, telling the story of sixty-year-old Slimane...
A French drama about a small North African port community based in Southern France, telling the story of sixty-year-old Slimane Beiji (Boufares) and his efforts to achieve a lifelong dream of opening a fish restaurant. But his meager salary is nowhere near enough to fund such a venture. Plus, he is a divorced father with plenty of family tensions. These things he will attempt to overcome in order to realize his dream.
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93 %54 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
76 %9,067 reviewsAudience score rating
"An overlong, dramatically unbalanced pic whose emotional wallop gets somewhat diffused."
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Variety
Variety"This is one of the most awarded films to which I just do not respond. With hefty prizes like the Best Film Cesar, a Special Jury Prize as well as the FIPRESCI award at Venice, The Secret of the Grain has accolades in spades. But what the production notes tell us about the story and the themes simply don't materialise on the screen as far as I am concerned."
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Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile"A deeply involving tragicomedy, combining warmth with an unexpected level of complexity, and delivering a fiercely unsentimental commentary on the sexual politics of family and food."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Long-winded but often touching drama of a Tunisian immigrant family in the south of France."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand HeraldThe Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet) | Details
- Rating
- M, Sex Scenes and Offensive Language
- Runtime
- 151
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- France
