L'Œil au beur(re) noir (1987)
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Cast
Julie Jézéquel, Smaïn, Pascal Légitimus, Patrick Braoudé, Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Two young men competing for the same woman join forces to find an apartment while confronting landlords' racism.
The story
Rachid, a young man of North African descent who drifts between odd jobs, uses elaborate schemes to woo women. In one plan, his accomplices pretend to attack a woman so he can appear as her gallant rescuer. The ploy fails when Virginie defends herself and knocks the accomplices down. Denis, a young painter from the French Caribbean who also intervenes, catches Virginie's eye, setting up a romantic rivalry. Despite this, Rachid and Denis join forces in the difficult search for an apartment. Virginie tries to help by asking her uncle, who has an empty apartment, to rent it to them.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Rachid is a young man of North African descent who drifts from one odd job to another and uses amusing schemes to woo women. With the help of accomplices who pretend to attack the women, he poses as a gallant knight coming to break up the staged fight. One day, the scheme goes wrong: Virginie, the woman they are targeting, manages to defend herself and knock the accomplices to the ground. To make matters worse, the young woman catches the eye of another passerby who has come to intervene: Denis, a young painter from the French Caribbean. Despite this budding romantic rivalry, Rachid and Denis join forces in their seemingly impossible search for an apartment. Virginie tries to help them by asking her uncle, who has an empty apartment, to rent it to them. Denis and Rachid then come up against the racism of landlords in general, and of this uncle in particular.
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