- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 7, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Tunis, Tunisia
Abdellatif Kechiche
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 con…
Filmography
movieMektoub, My Love: Canto Due
2025 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieMektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
2019 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieMektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
2018 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieBlue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieBlack Venus
2010 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieSueur
2008 · Director, Writer
movieThe Secret of the Grain
2007 · Director, Writer
movieSorry, Haters
2005 · Ashade
movieGames of Love and Chance
2003 · Director, Writer
movieThe Magic Box
2003 · Raouf as Adult
moviePoetical Refugee
2001 · Director, Writer
movieThe Secret of Polichinelle
1997 · Raymond
movieMarteau Rouge
1996
movieA Vampire in Paradise
1992 · Blondin
movieBezness
1992 · Roufa
movieThe Innocents
1987 · Saïd
Mutisme
movieMutisme
1987
movieMint Tea
1984 · Hamou