La graine et le mulet [videorecording] / Claude Berri présente ; une coproduction Hirsch, Pathé Renn Production ; France 2 cinéma ; scénario roginal de Abdellatif Kechiche ; adaptation et dialogues de Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix ; un film de Abdellatif Kechiche.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Special ed, widescreen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. : ports.).
Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache. Released in 2007. Special features: interview with Abdellatif Kechiche; extended version of the film's belly dancing sequence with introduction by director; video interview with film scholar Ludovic Cortade; additional interviews; theatrical trailer. Also includes booklet with essay by film critic Wesley Morris.
Summary:
When the patriarch of a French-Arab family, Slimane, acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife's fish couscous, the extended clan's passions and problems explode.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.