Abdellatif Kechiche
Directing
- Born
- December 7, 1960 (age 65) · Tunis, Tunisia
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.
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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
Blue Is the Warmest Color
October 9, 2013
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
March 21, 2018
The Secret of the Grain
December 12, 2007
Games of Love and Chance
November 25, 2003
Black Venus
October 27, 2010
Poetical Refugee
February 14, 2001
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
December 3, 2025
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
May 23, 2019
Sueur
December 31, 2008
Behind the camera9
- 2025Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Writer, Director, Producer
- 2019Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2018Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno Producer, Director, Screenplay
- 2013Blue Is the Warmest Color Screenplay, Producer, Director
- 2010Black Venus Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2008Sueur Director, Writer
- 2007The Secret of the Grain Director, Writer
- 2003Games of Love and Chance Director, Writer
- 2001Poetical Refugee Director, Writer