The Secret of the Grain

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The Secret of the Grain

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

2007

2h 35m

7.0(245 votes)

Drama

Overview

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Habib Boufares

Slimane Beji

Hafsia Herzi

Rym

Farida Benkhetache

Karima

Abdelhamid Aktouche

Hamid

Alice Houri

Julia

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Souad

Cyril Favre

Serguei

Leila D'Issernio

Lilia

Abelkader Djeloulli

Kader

Bruno Lochet

Mario

Creative team

Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Written by: Ghalya Lacroix
Abdellatif Kechiche
Produced by: Claude Berri
Jérôme Seydoux

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