---
title: 'The Secret of the Grain (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Abdellatif Kechiche'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 155
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-of-the-grain-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487419/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Secret of the Grain (2007)

2007 · 155 min · Drama · France

Original title: La Graine et le Mulet

## Synopsis

The Secret of the Grain, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Abdellatif Kechiche](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdellatif-kechiche)
- **Screenplay:** [Abdellatif Kechiche](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdellatif-kechiche)
- **Producer:** [Claude Berri](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-berri)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lubomir Bakchev](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubomir-bakchev)
- **Editor:** [Ghalya Lacroix](https://cinepixo.com/people/ghalya-lacroix), [Camille Toubkis](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-toubkis)

## Cast

- [Bruno Lochet](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-lochet)
- [Olivier Loustau](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-loustau)
- [Sabrina Ouazani](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabrina-ouazani)
- [Habib Boufares](https://cinepixo.com/people/habib-boufares)
- [Bouraouïa Marzouk](https://cinepixo.com/people/bouraouia-marzouk)
- [Carole Franck](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-franck)
- [Mélèze Bouzid](https://cinepixo.com/people/meleze-bouzid)
- [Hafsia Herzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hafsia-herzi)

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Official site: http://www.lagraineetlemulet-lefilm.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-of-the-grain-2007
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