L'Oeil Au Beurre Noir (1987)

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Racism and the games people play with it aren't unique to the U.S. by any means. In this French comedy, Rachid, a nice-looking Arab boy, plays with the pervasive fear of non-whites in Paris by having two friends approach pretty girls while looking as sinister as they can, so that he can "rescue" them and strike up an acquaintance. When he and Denis, a black West Indies man, find themselves in pursuit of the same girl, oddly enough, they become best friends. They team up in order to try and persuade the girl's parents that they are respectable enough to rent an apartment from them. However, as any person of color knows, this is far more easily said than done wherever race (and class) are issues. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Complete Cast:

Writer(s):

Patrick Braoudé, Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Producer(s):

Jean Nachbaur, Raymond Danon

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• 1987 - French Academy of Cinema - Best First Film