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3	Abdellatif Kechiche (born December 7, 1960 in Tunis) is a Tunisian-French director, screenwriter and actor.
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5	To non-French audience, he is probably most well-known for directing ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'', which won him the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Festival.
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7	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 [[DarkHorseCasting casting beginner actors]] in his films.
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9	!!Filmography:
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11	* ''L'Esquive'' (''Games of Love and Chance'', 2004)
12	* ''La Graine et le Mulet'' (''The secret of the grain'', 2007)
13	* ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'' (''La Vie d'Adèle'', 2013)
14	* ''Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno'' (2017)
15	* ''Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo'' (2019)
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17	!!Tropes he often uses in his work:
18	* AuthorAppeal: Kechiche is known for his love of butts.
19	* 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)
20	* MonochromeCasting: Averted. Most of his films reflect the diversity of ethnicities in French society better than the vast majority of modern French author films.
21	* OrphanedSeries: ''Mektoub, My Love'' was meant to be a trilogy, but the second movie, ''Intermezzo'', ran into controversy that appears to have scuttled that. The movie contains an apparently unsimulated sex scene that the actors were reluctant to do. Kechiche reportedly got them drunk in order to get them to continue. Actress Ophelia Bau walked out of the Cannes premiere and later said that she had asked to view the scene in private before it was shown to the public, a request Kechiche refused. ''Intermezzo'' has not been screened since due to the controversy (not to mention its poor reception from critics), and the third movie, even though filming is supposedly complete, may never be released.
22	* PrimaDonnaDirector: ''Blue Is the Warmest Color'' was somewhat tainted by the revelations that Kechiche is difficult to work with and very demanding.
23	* 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 theatre piece they have to study at school.
24	* 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 Exarchopoulos.

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