He Even Has Your Eyes (2018)
He Even Has Your Eyes or Il a déjà tes yeux is an France comedy movie who released on January 18, 2017 (France) and directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste. It tells about when French-African couple Paul and Sali discover the longed-for baby they are about to adopt is white, family chaos and confrontation ensue.[1] This movie starring
- Lucien Jean-Baptiste as Paul Aloka
- Aïssa Maïga as Salimata Aloka
- Zabou Breitman as Claire Mallet
- Vincent Elbaz as Manu
- Michel Jonasz as Monsieur Vidal
- Naidra Ayadi as Anna
Plot
In their mid-30s, Paul and Sali are happily married and the proud new owners of their own florist's store. The only cloud on their horizon is the long wait to adopt a child. Sali's Senegalese parents, Mamita and Ousmane, even have a name ready for their future grandson: Lamine. Just when the couple had given up hope, the adoption agency calls with good news, despite the curious opposition of the infant's case worker, Mrs. Millet, they have a baby boy for Paul and Sali! Their best friends, legal eagle Prune and stoner Manu, rally to make sure the house is ready, so the adoption will be approved. Paul and Sali's new baby is six months old, he's beautiful, he's called Benjamin, he has lovely blue eyes… And he's white![2]
Black Racism
This movie shows how a black parents on the list to adopt a child, are given a white baby and treat differently in society. There is a scene when some people including the social worker, child's real parents and the police who are suspicious that the poor white baby won’t get what he needs. Sali as a wife also feel uncomfortable because the burdenoned by racial stigmas and pedestrian stereotyping of her as ‘the nanny’. Why is it say that black people treat differently? because white people who adopt black baby never treat like that "it is able to portray the hideous and deeply embedded racism in a white centred world, where black babies are rescued by white couples and the opposite is treated with suspicion and disbelief".[3]
"This is a solid feature and leaves viewers with the necessary knowledge- racism is NOT natural it is taught."[4]
Reference
- ↑ Netflix. Retrieved January 21, 2021
- ↑ Synopsis. En.unifrance. Retrieved January 21, 2021
- ↑ HE EVEN HAS YOUR EYES: REVIEW. Weekendspecial. Oktober 3, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2021
- ↑ A comedic look at racial profiling in families & society.. Medium. January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2021
