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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  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

'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  |  Reviews

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