| The Secret of the Grain | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| Written by | Abdellatif Kechiche Ghalia Lacroix |
| Produced by | Claude Berri Pierre Grunstein Nathalie Rheims Jérôme Seydoux |
| Starring | Habib Boufares Hafsia Herzi Farida Benkhetache Abdelhamid Aktouche Bouraouïa Marzouk Sabrina Ouazani Olivier Loustau |
| Cinematography | Lubomir Bakchev |
| Edited by | Camille Toubkis Ghalia Lacroix |
| Distributed by | Pathé Distribution |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Countries | France Tunisia |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $9.1 million |
| Box office | $14.7 million[1] |
The Secret of the Grain (French: La graine et le mulet, lit. 'the grain and the mullet'), titled Couscous in the UK, is a 2007 Franco-Tunisian drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The film stars Habib Boufares as an aging immigrant from the Maghreb whose ambition to establish a successful restaurant as an inheritance for his large and disparate family meets sceptical opposition from the French bureaucracy.
The French title of the film refers to a "grain of couscous" and to mullet, a type of small fish, both popular in Tunisian cuisine. The two ingredients constitute both the staple of his extended family's diet and the menu on which he plans to establish his restaurant.
- ^ JP. "La Graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain) (2007)- JPBox-Office". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.