The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le Mulet) 17 years old
At the port of Sète, Mr. Slimani, a tired 60-year-old, drags himself toward a shipyard job that has become more and more difficult to cope with as the years go by. He is a divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite the schisms and tensions that are easily sparked off and that financial difficulties make even more intense. He is going through a delicate period in his life and, recently, everything seems to make him feel useless: a failure. He wants to escape from it all and set up his own restaurant. However, it appears to be an unreachable dream given his meager, irregular salary that is not anywhere near enough to supply what he needs to realize his ambition. But he can still dream and talk about it with his family in particular. A family that gradually gives its support to this project, which comes to symbolize the means to a better life. Thanks to its ingeniousness and hard work, this dream soon becomes a reality...or almost...
Credits
The Secret of the Grain Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sabrina Ouazani She was 19, now 36 years old | as Olfa |
| Olivier Loustau He was 54, now 71 years old | as Jose |
| Hafsia Herzi She was 20, now 37 years old | as Rym |
| Bruno Lochet He was 48, now 65 years old | as Mario |
| Bouraouïa Marzouk She was 54, now 71 years old | as Souad |
| Cyril Favre | as Serguei |
| Leila D'Issernio | as Lilia |
| Sami Zitouni | as Majid |
| Abdelhamid Aktouche | as Hamid |
| Alice Houri She was 54, now 71 years old | as Julia |
| Habib Boufares He was 61, now 78 years old | as Slimane Beji |
| Abelkader Djeloulli | as Kader |
| Farida Benkhetache | as Karima |
The Secret of the Grain Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Lubomir Bakchev as Director of Photography. He was 37 (now 54) years old | Camera |
| Monya Galbi as Casting. | Production |
| Nicolas Waschkowski as Sound Designer. | Sound |
| Jean-Paul Hurier as Sound Designer. He was 54 (now 71) years old | Sound |
| Camille Toubkis as Editor. She was 57 (now 74) years old | Editing |
| Benoît Barouh as Production Design. He was 57 (now 74) years old | Art |
| Maria Beloso-Hall as Costume Design. | Costume & Make-Up |
| Dominique Arcé as Script. | Crew |
| Olivier Laurent as Sound Designer. | Sound |
| Eric LeGarçon as Sound Designer. | Sound |
| Eric Armbruster as Sound Designer. | Sound |
| Benoît Pilot as Production Manager. | Production |
| Claude Berri as Producer. He was 73 (74) years old when He died | Production |
| Ghalia Lacroix as Editor. | Editing |
The Secret of the Grain (17 years)
- Release day: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
- Runtime: 151 minutes