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He Even Has Your Eyes

He Even Has Your Eyes

Representation Score

4.5/10

Fair

2017

Director

Lucien Jean-Baptiste

Runtime

95 minutes

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New Showbiz 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 cliché. 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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Category Breakdown

Does He Even Has Your Eyes have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film operates within a traditional framework that assumes everyone is straight or cisgender. It focuses on a married couple's journey toward parenthood without featuring non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.

How does He Even Has Your Eyes portray gender?

Fair

The narrative follows established romantic comedy clichés. While a female character is central to the emotional stakes, characters largely function within recognizable, traditional domestic roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is He Even Has Your Eyes?

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.

How does He Even Has Your Eyes represent religion and culture?

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.

Does He Even Has Your Eyes include disability representation?

Minimal

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

Present on Screen

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

Limited or Absent

  • Relies on traditional romantic comedy structures.
  • Lacks representation of non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities or gender hierarchy subversion.

Official 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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