SYNOPSIS
Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer, to a fishing village in the South of France. It is a time of reconnecting with his family and his childhood friends. Together with his cousin Tony and his best friend Ophélie, he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday. Enchanted by the many female characters who surround him, Amin remains in awe of these summer sirens while his dionysian cousin throws himself into their carnal delights with euphoria. Armed with his camera and guided by the bright summer light of the Mediterranean coast, Amin pursues his philosophical quest while gathering inspiration for his screenplays. When it comes to love, only destiny, only mektoub can decide. This coming-of-age saga set in 1994 casts a nostalgic glow on the wonders of youth.
CAST & CREW
Abdellatif Kechiche
Director
Producer(s)
Abdellatif Kechiche, Ardavan Safaee, Jérôme Seydoux
Script
Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
Director of Photography
Marco Graziaplena
Production designer
Ann Chakraverty
Music by
Jean-Paul Hurier
Sound
Hugo Rossi, Remi Durel, Julie Tribout, Jean-Paul Hurier
Edit
Nathanaëlle Gerbeaux, Maria Giménez Cavallo
Cast
Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Lou Luttiau, Alexia Chardard, Hafsia Herzi, Kamel Saadi, Estefania Argelich
Production company(ies)
Quat Sous Films 64, rue Rebeval 75019 Paris – France Tel. + 33142060287 sandrine.valageas@quatsous-films.fr
Abdellatif Kechiche
Born in Tunis, he moved with his parents to Nice at the age of six. He directed Games of Love and Chance, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director. He presented The Secret of the Grain at the 64th Venice IFF, for which he was awarded the Special Jury Prize. The film also received the FIPRESCI Prize, the Louis Delluc Prize and the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. He was decorated by the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2005 and in 2008. His 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2013 Cannes IFF. The two main actresses, Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, were also awarded the Palme d'Or. The film also won Best International Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards in 2013.
Filmography
La Faute à Voltaire/Poetical Refugee (2000), L’esquivel/Games of Love and Chance (2003), La graine et le mulet/The Secret of the Grain (2007), Black Venus (2010), La Vie d'Adèle/Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (2017).
