| Edition |
Special ed, widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 3 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages : portraits). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 527 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 527.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16.9 widescreen TVs. |
| Cast |
Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Faridah Benkhetache. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Lubomir Bakchev ; editor, Ghalia Lacroix, Camille Toubkis. |
| Event |
Released in 2007. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in French and Arabic dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Families -- Drama.
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Immigrants -- Drama.
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Entrepreneurship -- Drama.
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Restaurants -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kechiche, Abdellatif. Director. Screenwriter.
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Lacroix, Ghalia. Screenwriter.
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Berri, Claude. Producer.
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Boufares, Habib. Actor.
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Herzi, Hafsia. Actor.
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Benkhetache, Faridah. Actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Pathé Renn Production.
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France 2 cinéma (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Secret of the grain |
| Added Title |
Couscous |
| ISBN |
9781604652734 |
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160465273X |
| Standard No. |
715515057813 |
| Music No. |
CC1891D The Criterion Collection |
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