Figures & data
Figure 1. Jules’s (Mark Ruchmann) ‘come hither’ look makes Zita Hanrot’s Elsa want to run a mile in Plan cœur (S01, E01).
Figure 2. More abject than Bridget Jones, Elsa’s identity as precarious singleton is constructed through belittling body comedy (S01, E01).
Figures 3 and 4. Both paratextual (UK teaser) and textual (S02, E02) elements of Plan cœur evoke the white knight archetype in connection with Jules.
Figures 5 and 6. A poster for Plan cœur recalls and feminises the black blanc beur triptych of La Haine.Footnote15
Figure 7. Elsa of Plan cœur cringes and turns away as Jules tries to plant an unwanted kiss.
Figure 8. Alexandra of Je ne suis pas un homme facile rolls her eyes and turns away from Damien’s (Vincent Elbaz) tired chat-up lines.
Figure 9. Damien regards his revealing new professional attire with uncertainty.
Figure 10. A canted angle speaks to a world both out of kilter and out of step with contemporary norms.
Figure 11. Publicity for Je ne suis pas un homme facile offers a gently parodic take on French male suffering.Footnote22
