The Secret of the Grain (2007)
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche · Cinematography by Lubomir Bakchev
151 min46 frames
Drama
It takes will, courage and determination to realise a dream. But most of all it takes family
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What is The Secret of the Grain about?
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
The Secret of the Grain, titled Couscous in the UK, is a 2007 Franco-Tunisian drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The film stars Habib Boufares as an aging immigrant from the Maghreb whose ambition to establish a successful restaurant as an inheritance for his large and disparate family meets sceptical opposition from the French bureaucracy.
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What does the cinematography of The Secret of the Grain look like?
Across 46 sampled frames, The Secret of the Grain builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with wide compositions (33%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Lubomir Bakchev keeps 50% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 57% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Secret of the Grain?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Secret of the Grain (2007) are #302d2f, #504d4f, #efeff0, #0f0e12, #473a37, #aeafb3 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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