Name
Abdellatif Kechiche
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1960-12-07 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Biography
Abdellatif Kechiche is a Franco-Tunisian actor, screenwriter, and director born on December 7, 1960, in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France as a child and began his career as an actor before turning to directing.
He gained recognition with films praised for their realism, dialogue, and direction of actors, notably L'Esquive and La Graine et le Mulet, for which he won four César Awards each, and La Vie d'Adèle, the film that earned him the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. He recently released Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, the final installment of a trilogy and possibly his last film, as he suffered a stroke in 2025, which significantly curtailed his work.
His films often explore human relationships, questions of identity, working-class communities, and the journey toward integration. His work has received numerous awards, though it has also occasionally sparked controversy regarding his filming methods.
Known For
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Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow...
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Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer, in Sète, Sou...
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Amin returns to Sète after studying in Paris, still dreaming of cinema. By chance, an Ame...
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In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter purs...
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Summer is coming to an end, Amin and his friends meet Marie, a young parisian student....
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Like a Candide dreaming of Eldorado, Jallel lands in France, hoping to try his luck. From ...
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The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with ...
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A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends...
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Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubl...
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A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scen...
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