Directors: Abdel Kechiche
Starring: Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi
Year: 2007
At the port of Sète, Mr. Slimani, an Algerian immigrant, is forced to retire from a job in a shipyard after 30 years. A divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite tensions and financial difficulties, he seeks to redeem himself by opening a restaurant. However it appears to be an unreachable dream. A family which gradually recompacts around this project which comes to symbolize the means to a better life.
Comments: You'll never look at couscous the same again. Stirring performance by Boufares, a relatively unknown actor.
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I liked this film too. I agree that the performances were impressive. Do you know if the actors improvised their dialogue, or at least some of it? It seemed to me as if they did, but I don't know. I liked the film's nonjudgmental attitude toward its characters, even the ones who messed things up.
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I got that same feeling that the dialogue was improvised. If so, it was very effective and very impressive.
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