Transnational blackface, neo-minstrelsy and the ‘French Eddie Murphy’ in Intouchables.

The 2011 French filmIntouchablesis an interracial buddy film about a black caregiver from the suburbs and a quadriplegic white aristocrat. Éric Tolédano and Olivier Nakache’s film broke box office records in France and abroad, becoming the second highest grossing French film of all time in domestic...

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Published in:	Modern & Contemporary France Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 51 - 70
Main Author:	Pettersen, David
Format:	Film/TV Criticism and Review
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2016
Subjects:	Intouchables (Film) Toledano, Éric Nakache, Olivier Buddy films French films Black people in motion pictures
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost