The Secret of the Grain

Dec 12, 2007

2h 31m

★ 7.0

It takes will, courage and determination to realise a dream. But most of all it takes family

Overview

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pathé Renn Productions

Hirsch

France 2 Cinéma

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Cast

Slimane Beji

Habib Boufares

Rym

Hafsia Herzi

Karima

Farida Benkhetache

Hamid

Abdelhamid Aktouche

Julia

Alice Houri

Souad

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Serguei

Cyril Favre

Lilia

Leila D'Issernio

Kader

Abelkader Djeloulli

Mario

Bruno Lochet

José

Olivier Loustau

Majid

Sami Zitouni

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