The films of Abdellatif Kechiche

Abstract

This thesis studies the directing and scriptwriting work of French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche. In this thesis, the director’s five feature films will be analyzed based on such elements as narrative structures, themes, visual and sound language and construction of characters. On the basis of a close study of these elements, the thesis will analyze the stylistic choices, which form Kechiche’s directing as well as the tools he uses to create new realist films in contemporary France. Abdellatif Kechiche explains that he doesn’t want his cinema “to look like life, I want it to actually be life. Real moments of life, that's what I'm after." (Romney, 2013) This thesis will analyze the meaning of this statement.