Bacon on the Side
Il reste du jambon?
France
2010
90 Min
Color
French, Arabic
When Justine Lacroix, a charming television journalist confined to the “run-over dogs” segment, encounters a charming ER surgeon, it’s love at first sight, and the beginning of a wonderful story.
The pretty Parisian blonde and the tall, dark man from the Nanterre suburb quickly become inseparable, but there is just a little detail Justine has forgotten to take into account: the man that she loves is… Arab, well, “French with an immigrant background.” A mere detail for Justine and Djalil but not for their respective families the Lacroix and the Boudaoud… —unifrance.org