Il a déjà tes yeux

2016 French film

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) (Angoulême)
18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)

Running time

95 minutesCountriesFrance
BelgiumLanguageFrenchBudget$6.6 million ^[1]Box office$9.8 million ^[2]

Il a déjà tes yeux (English: 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

Lucien Jean-Baptiste as Paul Aloka
Aïssa Maïga as Salimata Aloka
Zabou Breitman as Claire Mallet
Vincent Elbaz as Manu
Michel Jonasz as Monsieur Vidal
Naidra Ayadi as Anna
Marie-Philomène Nga as Mamita
Bass Dhem as Ousmane
Delphine Théodore as Prune
Sabine Pakora as Madame Diakité
Marius Benchenafi as Benjamin (4 month)
- Mathéo Perard as Benjamin (1 year)
Valérie Moreau as Madame Perez
Grégoire Bonnet as Baptiste Mallet
Guillaume Faure as matias
Sara Mortensen as Kristina
Maïmouna Gueye as Madame Diop
Marie-Sohna Conde as Fatou
Mariam Kaba as Madame Cissé
Othniel Lefebvre as Gaspard

Development

The movie was first introduced during the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, in August 2016. The film was also screened at the 2016 Sarlat Film Festival.