In fact, from a french perspective, the movie isnt outrageous at all. Jun 14, 2017 the american remake of the popular 2011 french drama the intouchables has received an early 2018 release date. It was bilingual movie made in two indian languages telugu and tamil. There is no special effet but the actors are playing very well and the movie is based on a real story. They each affect each others lives through humor and honesty and end up becoming exactly what each other needed. So how to explain the startling success of the french dramatic comedy intouchables. Moves are being made on the weinstein companys englishlanguage remake of the smash hit french film the intouchables.
The story of the two men is then told as a flashback, which takes up almost the rest of the film. Engineering 2012, my friend rohan baadkar suggested it saying it was a really good movie. His bestselling memoir le second souffle second wind served as the basis for the hit french film, intouchables untouchables. The intouchables tells the true story of a quadriplegic aristocrat whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, goodhumored excon as his caretaker. The intouchables also known as untouchable uk, is a 2011 french buddy comedydrama. Based on a true story, a quadriplegic aristocrats world is turned upside down when he hires a goodhumored excon as his caretaker. Sep 09, 2012 its a story about two unlikely people who end up connected in a way only reality could conjure up. Based on a true story, intouchables tells how a millionaire left quadriplegic after an accident played french arthouse cinema star, francois. Philippe, a rich quadriplegic who owns a luxurious parisian mansion, and his assistant magalie, are interviewing candidates to be his livein carer.
It is a genuinely heartwarming comedy based on the true story of a quadriplegic millionaire and the streetsmart excon who ends up as his carer. The intouchables, reportedly the second highestgrossing film in french history, will seem pretty familiar to americans. The french movie makes looking after a quadriplegic more fun than it probably. Its also not a slight against the makers, it may end up being a perfectly good film in its own right. Rating is available when the video has been rented. The specials, from the makers of intouchables, to close. Hollywood rules the movie world, dominating the box office in every country where american films are freely shown.
Based on a true story, the french foreign language film the intouchables, tells a moving tale about the bond that develops between a wealthy french quadriplegic man and his aide. Touching on the legacies of french colonialism open this photo in gallery. Ended up loving it, and even a bit skeptical about how that could never really happen, in re. Its a story about two unlikely people who end up connected in a way only reality could conjure up. French movie 2011 the intouchables others soompi forums. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand. Abstractthe 2011 french film intouchables is an interracial buddy film. Its a lifeaffirming story of people and activities.
In fact, once i read both memoirs, i watched the movie two more times because after reading second wind, i realized how closely the actors portrayed the real men. The movie the intouchables is a french film about an unlikely friendship that develops between two very different men when driss, a man from the projects, becomes the caretaker of philipee, a wealthy quadriplegic man. A stuffy rich employer finds his life enriched by a wise black man from the paris ghettos and takes lessons in funky music and the joys of marijuana. Intouchables 2011 f i l m s o n t h e s i l v e r s c.
Gaumont reteams with the intouchables directors on the. The story of a paraplegic and his totally unsuitable carer. If you are skeptical for french movie dont be for this one. French film intouchables saluted for depicting life in the. The awardwinning french drama the intouchables is about a rich, white parisian quadriplegic who hires a black excon as his livein personal assistant. Jan 11, 2019 this pattern of french smashes being remade in hollywood is nothing new. The intouchables is lifted high by two actors who know how to transcend the ordinary. Nine weeks after its release in france on 2 november 2011, it became the second biggest box office hit in france, just behind the 2008 film welcome to the sticks. Intouchables is a magnet for french moviegoers the new. The parisian directors based the film on the true story of the relationship between the.
However, i think the original is a lightning in a bottle type scenario. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire francois. Out of a lineup of overeducated for the job candidates, philippe chooses instead to hire a man from the projects driss. French actor omar sy, star of the new film samba, tried to take a step back after the international success of 2011 comedydrama the intouchables. One of the biggest surprises in the world of cinema last year was the amazing success of the french film intouchables.
The intouchables is a wellmade feelgood movie about overcoming adversity and revising ones outlook for the better through an unlikely but salutary, mutually. Thats fine, i cant imagine existing intouchables fans are the target market here anyway. This factbased fable of a rich white guy who cant move and the black excon who cares for him is ready to conquer america. The intouchables success in france cant be chalked up to good writing or convincing acting.
The original movie follows a quadriplegic man named philippe francois cluzet who forms an unlikely friendship with his caretaker, driss omar sy, who is recently out of prison. Philippe francois cluzet, an affluent man, has the world piling up on his shoulders when tragedy strikes in a paragliding accident leaving him paralyzed in the second biggest french movie ever the intouchables a man accustomed to his independence now finds himself in a state that. In a few seconds you are fully projected within the film from the beginning to the end. Frances biggest hit dares you to resist its charms. An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, the intouchables has broken box office records in its native france and across europe. Being a remake it is bound to not be exactly the same as the original and there will be changes, add ons or takeaways but the story remains almost the same. If youve seen the french thriller series spiral youll recognise a couple of the supporting players. But thank you for at least being in the pursuit of happyness. Philippe francois cluzet, an affluent man, has the world piling up on his shoulders when tragedy strikes in a paragliding accident leaving him paralyzed in the second biggest french movie ever the intouchables. Philippe, an aristocrat badly injured in an accident, needs a caretaker. Everything you need to know about the intouchables movie.
This is a remake of the 2011 french film, the intouchables. The plot of the film is inspired by the true story of philippe pozzo di borgo and his. The story follows a wealthy white aristocrat who suffers a tragic. In this film image released by the weinstein company, anne le, left, francois cluzet, and omar sy, right.
This is a genuinely touching movie with phenomenal actors playing. The african immigrant as a young child who is hired to be the personal assistant to phillipe, a quadriplegic, totally dependent on others for his upkeep and even his life, is so winsome that it is almost impossible. Nov 09, 2011 french film intouchables saluted for depicting life in the paris suburbs. No spoilers, but the acting is superb, never maudlin as it couldve been under hollywood direction. The intouchables one of the biggest french box office hits in years and its easy to see why, eric toledano and olivier nakaches the intouchables is an ingratiating and ultimately irresistible comedy, a movie that looks like its going for maximum emotional manipulation but comes across as genuine thanks to great performances by francois cluzet and omar sy. The intouchables 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. This is a story that has been told time and again in the movies, and sometimes the performances overcome the. It is described as a feelgood buddy movie of friendship across the. The unlikely duo overcomes adversity of every flavor as they shatter preconceptions of love, life and each other. Second wind and the memoirs of abdul, philippes care givercompanion are very close to the movie, the intouchables, story. Francois cluzet and omar sy repeatedly reach for the unexpected in a script that is limited by the story itself. It was titled oopiri 2016 in telugu and thozha in tamil. Nov 02, 2011 the subject is hard but the movie is really funny.
The story of an unlikely friendship between an aristocratic quadriplegic, philippe, and the young, black man from the projects, driss, who he hires as his caretaker. A brazen hybrid of driving miss daisy and the diving bell and the butterfly, the intouchables les inotuchables is the story of a rich, stuffy quadriplegic, philippe, who is taught how to live again by his uncomplicated, streetsmart black chauffeur. Apparently the second highest grossing french film of all time after bienvenue chez les chtis, this french comedydrama, loosely based on a true story. In paris, the aristocratic and intellectual philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his redhaired secretary magalie. An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human. Untouchable, a documentary about the film producer harvey weinstein. Colin firth is circling a lead role in this remake of the french oscar nominee for the weinstein company.
What youve learned from the movie the intouchables. The one french film you need to see this month the local. The intouchables brings a new, refreshing level to the genre it only took a reallife, improbable friendship to inspire the making of the film. May 06, 2019 produced and distributed by gaumont, the specials is the latest film from nakache and toledano, the french directing duo behind the hit intouchables. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire francois cluzet and his street smart excon. French minimajor gaumont is reteaming with the intouchables filmmakers eric toledano and olivier nakache on their longgestated passion project, the specials, starring. With that in mind i watched this movie pretending it was a film all on its own. After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. Ludovico einaudi una mattina the intouchables youtube. The intouchables remake gets a release date screen rant. Great movies dont need to sacrifice the story to explore the director or producer or societys latest pc obsession. Le figaro has recently reported that intouchables is now also the french film most viewed abroad, beating even amelie to the top post on the podium. This is the type of film the french do so well, and deserving of the awards it won.
Like most oddcouple stories, the drama includes worthwhile lessons about friendship being deeper than the superficial differences that divide people in this case, race, wealth. Loosely based on a true story, the story follows how paralyzed aristocrat philippe francois cluzet gives downandout petty criminal driss omar sy a chance to be his health aide, even. Dec 08, 2011 for more ambitious critics intouchables is an example of a new type of french comedy, with the rise of a generation of filmmakers and producers eager to tell a story in a realistic way and. The intouchables tells the true story of a wealthy, physically disabled risk taker, the picture of established french nobility, who lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, goodhumored, black muslim excon as his caretaker. The movie is comical not so much for its actual comedy but because of its inauthenticity. French movie experts lost in frenchlation explain why. When driss, an excon from the projects, is hired to take care of an eccentric french aristocrat named philippe, his newfound job quickly becomes an.
Mar 30, 20 the intouchables on dvd march 5, 20 starring francois cluzet, omar sy, anne le ny. A true story of two men who should never have met, a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects. The intouchables les inotuchables is the story of a rich. They make us laugh when it seems nothing can be funny and they touch us when we least expect it. Movie 51 of 2014 i thought that the subject matter in this film, would be a bit heavy going for my son, but he really wanted to see it, as he adores will smith.
It might help to think of the intouchables as a french spinoff of driving miss daisy, retitled pushing monsieur philippe. The french flock to a feelgood movie paris when it was released last month, intouchables seemed an unremarkable, lowbrow french comedy, a. May 30, 2012 it might help to think of the intouchables as a french spinoff of driving miss daisy, retitled pushing monsieur philippe. The american remake of the popular 2011 french drama the intouchables has received an early 2018 release date. Thozha was an official adaptation of the french movie intouchables. The film is a french movie, but subtitles render it easy to follow.
Parents need to know that the intouchables is an awardwinning french drama based on the true story of a wealthy quadriplegic and his downandout personal aide. A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. The intouchables found its inspiration in a true story, that of philippe pozzo di borgo and abdel sellou, originally from. Rent the intouchables 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Based on the true story of a wealthy paraplegic who develops an unlikely friendship with a guy from the street whom he hires to be his aide.