Abdellatif kechiche

Born in 1960 in Tunis, Abdellatif Kechiche arrived in France at the age of six and it was very early that he developed a passion for the theater and began to take courses. First an actor, he played for the first time in 1984 in Abdelkrim Bahloul's successful film "Thé à la mint" before obtaining in 1987 the role of a gigolo in the film "Les Innocents", by André Téchiné. He obtained his first award for this film, the male interpretation prize at the Namur festival. Despite his early successes, Abdellatif feels more comfortable behind the camera. His first film, "La Faute à Voltaire", was released in 2000 and met with both public success and esteem. Telling the story of a young Tunisian undocumented in France, the film won him the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Continuing his momentum, Abdellatif wrote and directed in 2003 the film "L'Esquive", which starred Sara Forestier and which, there too, achieved considerable critical success and received no less than four Césars in 2004, including those of the best film and best director. The following films will prove to be just as successful for Abdellatif since in 2006, his film "La Graine et le mulet" won four more Césars, the same as in 2004. But it is also and above all his film " La Vie d’Adèle ", released in 2013 and telling the passionate love story between two girls from different backgrounds, which will be the director's greatest success and which will earn him the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.