Abdellatif Kechiche
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 7, 1960
- Birthplace
- 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. 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.
Filmography
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due 2025
Writer, Director, Producer
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo 2019
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno 2018
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Blue Is the Warmest Color 2013
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Black Venus 2010
Director, Story, Screenplay
Vittorio D. 2009
as Self
Sueur 2008
Director, Writer
The Secret of the Grain 2007
Director, Writer
Sorry, Haters 2005
as Ashade
Games of Love and Chance 2003
Director, Writer
The Magic Box 2003
as Raouf
Poetical Refugee 2001
Director, Writer
The Secret of Polichinelle 1997
as Raymond
Marteau Rouge 1996
as Rachid
A Vampire in Paradise 1992
as Blondin
Bezness 1992
as Roufa
The Innocents 1987
as Saïd
- Mutisme
Mutisme 1987
Actor
Mint Tea 1984
as Hamou
Credits from TMDB.