History Creator / AbdellatifKechiche

* SlobsVersusSnobs: Of sorts. Kechiche's movie often depicts the stratification of French society that manifests itself through language, habits and ethnics. It is especially a central theme of ''L'Esquive'': the language of teenagers from impoverished neighborhoods (''accent des banlieues'') is contrasted to the old-style, posh language used in the theater piece they have to study at school.

Abdellatif Kechiche (born December 7, 1960 in Tunis) is a French-Tunisian director, scenarist and actor.

!!Tropes About Him or that He Often Uses:

* PrimaDonnaDirector: ''Blue is the warmest Color'' was somewhat tainted by the revelations that Kechiche is difficult to work with and very demanding.

* StarMakingRole: Kechiche's habit to [[DarkHorseCasting cast beginner actors]] for his films has revealed many new talents such as Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Hafsia Herzi and Adele Exarchopoulous.

* PrimaDonnaDirector: ''Blue is the warmestColor'' was somewhat tainted by the revelations that Kechiche is difficult to work with and very demanding.

* ''L'Esquive'' (''Games of Love and Chance'')
* ''La Graine et le Mulet'' (''The secret of the grain'')
* ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'' (''La Vie d'Adèle'')
* ''Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno''
* ''Mektoub, My Love: intermezzo''

Abdellatif Kechiche is a French-Tunisian director, scenarist and actor. To non-French audience, he is probably most well-known for the movie Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor, that won him the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Festival.

He is well known for his naturalist films. He comes himself from a working-class immigrant background; his movies are famous for depicting themes of social struggle and racism. He is also known for casting beginner actors in his films.

* ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor''

He is well known for his naturalist films. He comes himself from a working-class immigrant background; his movies are famous for depicting themes of social struggle and racism. He is also known for casting beginner actors in his films (so much that the casting of the young up-and-coming star Creator/LeaSeydoux for Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor was considered surprising).

* StarMakingRole: Kechiche's habit to cast beginner actors for his films has revealed many new talents such as Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Hafsia Herzi and Adele Exarchopoulous.

* PrimaDonnaDirector: Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor was somewhat tainted by the revelations that Kechiche is difficult to work with and very demanding.

* Main/AuthorAppeal: Kechiche is known for his love of butts.
* Main/CreatorThumbprint: Among others, he has a fondness for close-ups; novels of Marivaux (''La Vie de Marianne'' in Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor; ''Games of Love and Chance'' in L'Esquive)
* Main/MonochromeCasting: Averted. Most of his films reflects better the diversity of French society than the vast majority of French author films.
* Main/PrimaDonnaDirector: Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor was somewhat tainted by the revelations that Kechiche is difficult to work with and very demanding.
* Main/SlobsVersusSnobs: Of sorts. Kechiche's movie often depicts the stratification of French society that manifests itself through language, habits and ethnics. It is especially a central theme of ''L'Esquive'': the language of teenagers from impoverished neighborhoods (''accent des banlieues'') is contrasted to the old-style, posh language used in the theater piece they have to study at school.

* Main/SlobsVersusSnobs: of sort. Kechiche's movie often depicts the stratification of French society that manifests itself through language, habits and ethnics. It is especially a central theme of ''L'Esquive'': the language of teenagers from impoverished neighborhoods (''accent des banlieues'') is contrasted to the old-style, posh language used in the theater piece they have to study at school.
* StarMakingRole: Kechiche's habit to cast beginner actors for his films has revealed many new talents such as Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Hafsia Herzi and Adele Exarchopoulous.

* Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor
* L'Esquive (''Games of Love and Chance'')
* La Graine et le Mulet (''The secret of the grain'')

* StarMakingRole: Kechiche's habit to cast beginner actors for his films has revealed many new talents such as [[Film/Gainsbourg Sara Forestier]], Sabrina Ouazani, Hafsia Herzi and Adele Exarchopoulous.

* Main/SlobsVersusSnobs: of sort. Kechiche's movie often depicts the stratification of French society that manifests itself through language, habits and ethnics. It is especially a central theme of ''L'Esquive'': the language of teenagers from impoverished neighborhoods (''accent des banlieues'') is contrasted to the old-style, posh language used in the theater piece they have to study at school.

* Main/MonochromeCasting: Averted. Most of his films reflects better the diversity of French society than the vast majority of the French author films.

* Main/SlobsVersusSnobs: of sort. Kechiche's movie often depicts the stratification of French society that manifests itself through language, habits and ethnics. It is especially a central theme of ''L'Esquive'': the language of teenagers from impoverished neighborhoods(''accent des banlieues'') is contrasted to the old-style, posh language used in the theater piece they have to study at school.

* Main/SlobsVersusSnobs: of sort. Kechiche's movie often depicts the stratification of French society that manifests itself through language, habits and ethnics. It is especially a central theme of ''L'Esquive'', the language of lower-class teenagers (that is characterized by a specific accent ''accent des banlieues'', use of slang) is contrasted to the old-style, posh language used in the theater piece they have to study at school.

He is well known for his naturalist films. He comes himself from a working-class immigrant background; his movies are famous for depicting themes of social struggle, racism.