The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
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Still, it’s a measure of the honesty and generosity of Kechiche’s storytelling that the picture’s explicit sexuality and extreme running time feel consistent with his raw, sensual embrace of all aspects of life, an approach also apparent in the writer-director’s masterful 2007 drama “The Secret of the Grain.”
Kechiche’s other films, including 2007’s immigrant drama “The Secret of the Grain,” have been critically acclaimed as well.
In a previous film, “The Secret of the Grain,” Kechiche patiently, sensuously observed the preparation of succulent meals, and I think he was trying to pull off a similar sort of audience immersion here.
Kechiche (previously best known for his 2007 immigrant drama, "The Secret of the Grain") eschews atmospheric lighting and obscuring close-ups to stage the sex scene between the women in a way that gives the viewer easy visual access to the smooth, admirable bodies: The shots are bright rather than shadowy, and the women are seen from head to toe.
Since winning the Palme d'Or along with his actresses at Cannes, Writer/director Abdellatif Kechiche ("The Secret of the Grain") has come under all kinds of scrutiny, accused of being a pervert (or at least supplanting his lead's point of view with his own) by feminist critics and even the source graphic novel's author.
The film belongs to Exarchopoulos, its remarkably expressive starlet, whose countenance—frequently framed in close-up, the better to read each telling, minute shift in feeling—becomes a grand canvas for director Abdellatif Kechiche ( The Secret Of The Grain ).