Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache
"The Secret of the Grain" follows an Arab family that settles in a town in the south of France.
Stats: 405 reviews
A very good film that I almost turned off 40 minutes in. I'm very glad I didn't, the ending alone is worth sticking it out for. Aside from the over-long exposition, La Graine et le Mulet is a film that is really, really interesting to think about after watching it, as it tells a ...( read more)
This film isn't for everyone as it moves at a snail's pace, nothing seems to happen until the end and it's basically all talk. However it is a very realistic, naturalistic and simplistic yet complex portrayal of families, immigrants and fractured relationships. The acting is univ...( read more)
Two and a half hours of the ins-and-outs of a dozen or so Arab family members , including parents, offspring , husbands, wives and an ex-wife, in a fishing port in France. A LOT of talking, and a little bit of doing, and the plot moves at a snails pace to its denouement. It ...( read more)
The plot is simple but the performance of actors and actress and customs of a different and exotic culture make it a very good movie. The dance of the young actress Hafs Herz (she isn?t a dancer) is perfect. Sometimes can be slow but it?s the pace of the film and the director Abd...( read more)
I cannot emphasize how great this film is. It is long but never feels long, it contains some of the most wonderful comic dialogues that is spread out across the film and uses its shots and scenarios wisely to display a family so normal and yet makes it so natural and lovely at th...( read more)
The Secret of the Grain takes one man, his children, their spouses and babies, his ex-wife, his girlfriend, her daughter, and his friends and turns it all into a masterpiece about the strange power of food -- to heal, unite, exasperate.The film manages to be both an homage to wom...( read more)
I am not a Muslim supporter. But I liked this movie very much because it made me feel terribly sorry for the protagonist played by a certain Habib Boufares. The story evolved into a real good drama and ended very strong, in an open ending but the result is easy to imagine ...( read more)
I didn't realise just when this movie drew me in. Intimate and with a very tight script, focused on the all-time classic issues of xenophobia and the alienation that takes place inside a family, its 2.30 hours flow like water. And the finale? Growing and growing suspense that lea...( read more)
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