The movie is fantastic, i normally don't care much for french movies, well because i don't understand french and that makes it difficult for me to stay invested in the movie while trying to read the subtitles.
I really don't understand the racism thing though, yes its about a rich white guy and a slightly anti social ex con, black guy from the french slums. Its easy to pull the racism card, but in fact it's.....well....real life. Sy was an anti social northern african guy, cluzet was a rich white guy, and all cultural differences that come to light in that relationship were adressed, in a very painful truth. But, credit where credit's due. It's not a one way street they pull into, they do not try to change Sy. In a lot of ways Sy changes the way Cluzet and his staff are thinking. All changes Sy does are perfectly on his own accord. He tries to understand modern art by taking up painting.
And to be honest, if you take he average white kid to an opera you would get stupid comments too, they wouldn't understand either. I do a ton of painting, and in no way shape or form do i understand modern art, where someone accidentally brushed red over a green canvas and says " it's the artists way of depicting how life conflicts with fantasy but doesn'ot clash in the way this red stroke hits the green.....
I will just walk away and grab a beer.