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Couscous de Coeur: 'The Secret of the Grain'new
The French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche is that rare thing at the movies these days: an intelligent humanist.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-30-2009 |
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Family, for Better or for Worse: Abdellatif Kechiche's 'The Secret of the Grain'new
Abdellatif Kechiche’s third feature is the slow-building saga of an Arab clan in the south of France.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-26-2009 |
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'The Secret of the Grain' Shows Its Heartnew
Abdellatif Kechiche's warm and inviting portrait of a man and his restaurant is a hearty feast of gender politics, generational conflict, cultural metaphors and kettle-whistling family drama, all served with the same affection as the couscous at the film's center.
NOW Magazine |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
10-06-2008 |
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The Otherwise Captivating 'La Graine et le Mulet' is Hampered By Slow Pacingnew
While it may be somewhat of a prolonged exercise in indulgence, Graine is an otherwise engaging and true to life drama about a Maghrebi emigre's attempt to support his nearest and dearest.
Montreal Mirror |
Hillary Brenhouse |
08-05-2008 |
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