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He Even Has Your Eyes

He Even Has Your Eyes

2017

Director

Lucien Jean-Baptiste

Runtime

95 minutes

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Synopsis

Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for so long: their adoption file is approved. He is adorable, he is 6 months old, his name is Benjamin. He is blond with blue eyes and white. They - are black.

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Diversity & Representation

Overall Score

5.6/10

Fair


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Limited

The film operates within a traditional heteronormative framework. It focuses on a married couple's journey toward parenthood without featuring non-cisnormative identities.

Gender Representation

Fair

The narrative follows established romantic comedy tropes. While Sali is central to the emotional stakes, characters largely function within recognizable, traditional domestic roles.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Excellent

The film excels by centering a Black French family. It disrupts conventional expectations by featuring a Black couple adopting a white child, challenging standard visual archetypes.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Good

The story presents a multicultural domestic reality as the baseline. It moves away from a monolithic definition of French culture by prioritizing an expanded view of family.

Disability Representation

Minimal

There are no prominent depictions of visible or invisible disabilities that impact the character arcs or the plot progression.

Strengths

  • Disrupts the 'white-as-default' trope by centering a Black French family.
  • Challenges racial homogeneity through a sophisticated subversion of ethnic continuity.
  • Normalizes diverse identities within a domestic, everyday setting.

Areas for Improvement

  • Relies on traditional heteronormative and gendered romantic comedy structures.
  • Lacks representation of non-cisnormative identities or gender hierarchy subversion.

AI Analysis

Lucien Jean-Baptiste uses a comedic framework to navigate complex questions of identity and belonging. The film's primary achievement is the normalization of diverse racial identities within a Western European context, effectively disrupting the 'white-as-default' cinematic trope. While the film successfully challenges racial expectations and the traditional visual archetypes of the French family, it remains tethered to conventional social structures. It adheres to standard romantic comedy conventions regarding gender and sexuality. Ultimately, the film provides a meaningful look at the evolving social fabric of modern France by presenting multiculturalism as a lived, everyday reality rather than a trauma-centric narrative.

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