La graine et le mulet (2007)

Note Générale:

7,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Abdel Kechiche

Scénariste:

Abdel Kechiche (writer)

Date de sortie:

12 décembre 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

It takes will, courage and determination to realise a dream. But most of all it takes family

Intrigue:

At the port of Sète Mr. Slimani, a tired sixty year old, drags himself towards a shipyard job which...

Plot Keywords:

Shipyard | Restaurant Business | Rejected Loan Request | Entrepreneurship | Social Differences

Récompenses:

18 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A major movie of our times

Ensemble

Habib Boufares	...	Slimane Beiji
Hafsia Herzi	...	Rym
Farida Benkhetache	...	Karima
Abdelhamid Aktouche	...	Hamid
Bouraouïa Marzouk	...	Souad
Alice Houri	...	Julia
Leila D'Issernio	...	Lilia
Abelkader Djeloulli	...	Kader
Olivier Loustau	...	José
Sabrina Ouazani	...	Olfa
Mohamed Benabdeslem	...	Riadh
Bruno Lochet	...	Mario
Cyril Favre	...	Serguei
Sami Zitouni	...	Majid
Mohamed Karaoui	...	Lafita

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Secret of the Grain (Australia) (Canada: English title) (festival title) (USA)
Couscous (International: English title) (UK)

Durée:

France:151 min | USA:151 min | Argentina:151 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français | Arabe | Russe

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

DTS

Classification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Sweden:7 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16

Lieux de tournage:

Chantier naval, Sète, Hérault, France

Société:

Pathé Renn Productions

Anecdotes:

Filming was supposed to start in summer of 2005 but one of the leading actors was ill, resulting in a major delay. Thus, filming actually started on 5 September 2005 and was still running by 16 January 2006. The set was on a boat in the port of Sète for a least 6 weeks from October to December, 2006. Outside temperatures were very low, as opposed to what they should have been if schedule could have been held. This led the production to set up large tents near the set (boat) with heating systems for the actors and extras to remain comfortable between takes.

Connexions:

Références Finding Nemo (2003)

A major movie of our times

Abdellatif Kechiche did very well with his previous movie "L'Esquive". But here we have even better. The story is simple : I'd say it is mostly about dignity, sacrifice and family love. The acting is brilliant. Habib Boufares is perfect, the young Hafsia Herzi is astounding, especially for the end of the movie. The actors are mostly non-professional people but the script is very well written and the characters are well defined, so this "amateurism" does great and helps the audience's immersion. The cinematography is very special (but never disturbing), with a lot of very close close-ups. The camera is "natural" as with Casavettes, but not "drunk", it is not a pain to watch and you don't get sea sick. The whole movie reminded me the Italian neo-realism and also a little of Renoir. Some people mention Pialat. It's a quite long movie but you don't feel it while watching, you just realize it after.