Underplayed Gems

L'oeil au beurre noir (1987)

L'oeil au beurre noir poster
Original title
L'Œil au beur(re) noir
Directed by
Serge Meynard
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French comedy from 1987. The story involves a misunderstanding around a black eye and cultural identity. It centers on a mix-up between a literal injury and a slang term for someone of North African descent.

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What happens

Die Beduinen von Paris (Originaltitel: L’Œil au beur(re) noir) ist eine französische Filmkomödie von Serge Meynard (* 1956), die 1987 zuerst in die Kinos kam. Das Drehbuch stammt von Serge Meynard, Patrick Braoudé und Jean-Paul Lilienfeld. Der französische Titel ist doppeldeutig: Œil au beurre noir bedeutet Blaues Auge, der Begriff beur ist in Frankreich ein Ausdruck für Araber, insbesondere maghrebinischer Herkunft (siehe auch Maghreb). Er kann also als „das Blaue Auge des maghrebinischen Arabers“ verstanden werden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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