Couscous

Sunday 26th October 5:00 PM

Synopsis

Hugely popular at the Venice Film Festival, and César for Best French Film of 2007, Tunisian-born director Kechiche's latest movie revolves around Slimane, a shipyard worker from an immigrant Arab community in the French Mediterranean port of Sète who is laid off: a blow which the tired, ageing man accepts with bitter fortitude, as he attempts to use the settlement cash to open a couscous restaurant.

This is a deeply moving tragicomedy, exploring through a skilful, laconic narration both the universal search for happiness (not forgetting the importance of food, which the title implies) and the tensions and situations specific to immigrant families.

Critics

“A remarkable and thought-provoking work.”

WALLY HAMMOND, TIME OUT

“At last we've found our Ken Loach”

PARIS MATCH

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