Tout simplement noir
- 2020
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- 1h 30m
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6.4/10
2.7K
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A politically-incorrect comedy about the role of black people in French society.A politically-incorrect comedy about the role of black people in French society.A politically-incorrect comedy about the role of black people in French society.
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- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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I found this difficult to follow since the dialogue is unforgivingly French and thus the speed of it was not conducive for reading all the lines with subtitles. Would have been better for the English release if they dubbed the whole movie in English, like they did to reel us in with the English dubbed trailer.
Sure would like to see this film, but it was only shown briefly on a French Film festival tour. It is now impossible to obtain with English subtitles.
JP Zadi is my new favourite comedian after watching Simply Black and Represent on Netflix. His basic schtick of the confused uncomfortable expression is already superb even though that's not generally the kind of humour that I go for. But underlying the dopey visage are very cutting observations on race and society that go both ways - critical of both majority and minority attitudes on many fronts. You couldn't make many of these jokes in the US, people have lost all ability to joke about racial issues, which is a terrible shame as it often serves to highlight real and important issues.
Unfortunately my French is a bit meh. Someone tell me where can I find more Zadi in English???
Unfortunately my French is a bit meh. Someone tell me where can I find more Zadi in English???
I laughed during the whole movie and couldn't disagree with any of the messages of this movie.
This cleverly shows all the issues of organizing a black man protest iin France in front of us. I had never seen any media showing how diverse the "black" category is this well.
Jean-Pascal Zadi has that thing to make you cringe-laugh with how close he hits home. This comedy is important for addressing identity introspection, which is understandably a huge topic in France, even more so if you were raised in an immigrant family.
Regarding the story itself, I found it lacked proper development. I couldn't see a clear arc and the plot progressed without a snatch, so no tension comedy-wise or other. By the end of the movie, I felt we were still midway.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Simply Black
- Filming locations
- Hôtel de Ville, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris 4, Paris, France(Zadi calls Paris mayor with megaphone)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $6,323,750
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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