''Il a déjà tes yeux'' ( en, He Even Has Your Eyes) is a 2016 Belgian-French comedy film directed by
Lucien Jean-Baptiste.
Plot
Paul and Sali are a married black couple who are unable to have biological children, and have been struggling to adopt a child for a long time. When Sali finally receives the call that their adoption file is approved and that a 4-month-old white baby boy called Benjamin is available, it seems like nothing could go wrong anymore. Except for the fact that Sali's parents do not accept their white grandchild, and that the social worker Claire Mallet will do anything at her reach to stop Paul and Sali from adopting Benjamin.
Cast
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Lucien Jean-Baptiste as Paul Aloka
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Aïssa Maïga as Salimata Aloka
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Zabou Breitman
Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Za ...
as Claire Mallet
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Vincent Elbaz
Vincent Elbaz (born 3 February 1971) is a French actor. He has appeared in many French television shows and films.
His first major role was in the 1994 film '' Le péril jeune''. Elbaz received the 1998 Jean Gabin Prize.
Elbaz was born in Pari ...
as Manu
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Michel Jonasz
Michel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: ''La boîte de jazz'', ''Joueurs de blues'' and ''Les vacances au bord de la mer''.
Born of Hungarian immigran ...
as Monsieur Vidal
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Naidra Ayadi
Naidra Ayadi is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2012 for her role in the film ''Polisse''.
Life and career
Naidra Ayadi was born to a Tunisian family in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern su ...
as Anna
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Marie-Philomène Nga as Mamita
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Bass Dhem as Ousmane
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Delphine Théodore as Prune
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Sabine Pakora
Sabine Pakora is a French-Ivorian actress.
Debut
Sabine Pakora studied acting at the ''Ecole supérieur d’art dramatique de Paris'' and ''Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Montpellier''.
Filmography
Theatre
References
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as Madame Diakité
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Marius Benchenafi as Benjamin (4 month)
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Mathéo Perard as Benjamin (1 year)
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Valérie Moreau as Madame Perez
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Grégoire Bonnet as Baptiste Mallet
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Guillaume Faure as matias
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Sara Mortensen as Kristina
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Maïmouna Gueye as Madame Diop
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Marie-Sohna Conde as Fatou
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Mariam Kaba as Madame Cissé
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Othniel Lefebvre as Gaspard
Development
The movie was first introduced during the
Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...
, in August 2016. The film was also screened at the 2016
Sarlat Film Festival.
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 comedy films
French comedy films
2010s French-language films
Films set in France
2010s French films
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