The story, perhaps too hurried to do full justice to all the tensions constantly flying about, isn’t without its riches.
As much about see-food as seafood, The Secret of the Grain is as close to a contemporary fable as we have.
The film meditates on the myriad permutations of love and sensuality, from familial longings to food fetishes.
Perhaps Denis’s most approachable mix of humanism and erotic meditation.
The film is a surreptitious creation myth crafted to inspire pride in even the most diverse and elusive of ethnic identities.