The upside, a 2017 american remake of the 2011 hit french drama the intouchables, will get a china release on nov. 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. Check out the official the intouchables 2011 trailer starring omar sy. It is the most successful french film in german cinema history. May 22, 2012 a still from the intouchables the intouchables. Touching on the legacies of french colonialism the. It handles its potentially prickly subject matter with kid gloves, but intouchables gets by thanks to its strong cast and some remarkably sensitive direction. Its based on the true story of a businessman phillipe pozzo di borgo and his frenchalgerian caregiver abdel sellou. Despite being uninterested in the job and his lack of professional experience, driss does well in caring for philippe, even if his. 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. Francois cluzet and omar sy in the intouchables 2011 omar sy at an.
The intouchables became the highest grossing nonenglishspeaking movie in frances history, taking in 166 million dollars. Colin firth is circling a lead role in this remake of the french oscar nominee for the weinstein company. The french directing duo behind the intouchables are teaming up again with omar sy, in the new samba movie. The specials, the new film from the makers of french hit film intouchables, will close the 2019 cannes film festival. A quick summary of the intouchables seems to come straight out of a california ad agencys testscreened sales pitch. The intouchables remake gets a release date screen rant.
Apparently the second highest grossing french film of all time after bienvenue chez les chtis, this french comedydrama, loosely based on a true story, is heartwarming, thoughtprovoking, funny and engrossing. San sebastian the kings speech meets driving miss daisy in untouchables intouchables, a loosely basedonfact french tale of a quadriplegic white millionaire given a new lease of life by his. 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. The feelgood movie won numerous awards in france, but has met with a mixed reaction in the u. French film intouchables saluted for depicting life in the. Get students to actively engage with the film, help them understand the plot without resorting to english, and best of all, get them speaking french in class when you disc. A work in progress for intermediate students 15 replies i can think of no better way to expose my upperlevel students to authentic language and culture than by showing a well chosen target language film. The intouchables 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film is based on the true story of philippe pozzo di borgo, a french aristocrat played by francois cluzet, and his algerian caretaker, abdel sellou played by omar sy. There, eli meets 41 yearold leo, a gambler who has dropped out of life to enroll in college, who teaches him every bad habit he knows. Francois cluzet and omar sy perform amazingly well although the rest of the cast is also very good. Can someone explain the title of the intouchables 2011. The intouchables pulls a minor reversal on the expected formula in sy and cluzets first exchange.
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. If you want more information about the plot here is the wikipedia link to the plot. 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. Philippe francois cluzet is an immensely wealthy quadriplegic who hires driss omar sy as his livein carer. One of the most successful french box office hits of recent years, this lively comedy. The intouchables also known as untouchable uk, is a 2011 french buddy comedydrama film directed. In france, a star rises from an oftneglected place. The awardwinning french drama the intouchables is about a rich, white parisian quadriplegic who hires a black excon as his livein personal assistant. 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. The french movie makes looking after a quadriplegic more fun than it probably is. Well, when a young black guy from french suburbs, darkly depicted in mathieu kassovitz hate and infamous for its occasional riots, befriends a rich quadriplegic, i immediately think of good feelings, mainstream populism unaware that i apply to myself a cynical judgment that can undermine my very way to enjoy not just this film, but any film. An unlikely friendship between the wild con man driss omar sy and the paraplegic millionaire philippe francois cluzet blossoms, which started as just a bet and became a true friendship to last the ages.
May 06, 2019 the specials, the latest feature from the intouchables filmmaking duo olivier nakache and eric toledano, has been set to close out the 72nd cannes film festival just dont call it the closing. The movie i chose was the intouchables, a french film made in 2011 that has won several awards at several film festivals, mostly for the title of best foreign language film. An essay on the french movie the intouchables free. The intouchables is a wellmade feelgood movie about overcoming adversity and revising ones outlook for the better through an unlikely but salutary, mutually enriching alliance. Anyone know where i can find the script for intouchables. 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. The same story has also been filmed as the argentinian film inseparables 2016. When i searched through amazons foreign language films to find something in french for my french students to experience, i found the intouchables and decided to buy and try it, even though it contains strong language lots of it, some drug use, and a mild hooker scene. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protegee and learns the assassins trade. There is little explanation as to why an excon was hired instead of the 90 people interviewed before him, but the answer becomes clear as the story progresses.
Written by andres gomez on april 11, 20 funny and moving for a difficult topic to talk about. If you like the intouchables you might like similar movies gran torino, the lives of. I seem to remember reading somewhere that this movie is the highestgrossing frenchlanguage film of all time after watching it, it is easy to see why. Nov 02, 2011 the intouchables remake lands director tom shadyac feb 28, 20. The film was directed by neil burger and stars nicole kidman, kevin hart and. We checked on imdb and saw 810 for a french movie, without hesitation we went to the movie theatre to watch the movie. Kevin hart and bryan cranston make an odd couple in englishlanguage remake of the intouchables the safe, formulaic story is. Cannes adds the specials from intouchables duo to close 72nd. This movie is the american remake of the 2011 french movie called the intouchables. The intouchables official movie trailer hd youtube. These questions represent a few contemplative moments that will likely arise for viewers while watching this movie. 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.
They each affect each others lives through humor and honesty and end up becoming exactly what each other needed. Everything you need to know about the intouchables movie. Mar 30, 20 the intouchables on dvd march 5, 20 starring francois cluzet, omar sy, anne le ny. It was directed by the duo olivier nakache en eric toledano. Rent the intouchables 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Cluzet asks whether sy is familiar with berlioz, and sy takes the reference as being to a lowrent neighborhood rather than the classical composer. Rent the intouchables 2011 starring francois cluzet and omar sy on dvd and bluray. This amazing film is the original french version of the story retold by american cinema. In a few seconds you are fully projected within the film from the beginning to the end. General information i went to the french movie intouchables at lumiere a couple of days ago. Movie info an irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, the intouchables has broken box office records in its native france and across europe. Omar sy, the wisecracking young actor taking his first big film role in intouchables, has been championed by papers like le monde as one of the.
May 30, 2012 it might help to think of the intouchables as a french spinoff of driving miss daisy, retitled pushing monsieur philippe. The film is a french movie, but subtitles render it easy to follow. Mathilda, a 12yearold girl, is reluctantly taken in by leon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. The intouchables on dvd march 5, 20 starring francois cluzet, omar sy, anne le ny.
Olivier nakache and eric toledano are surely the only two. If you want to teach the movie intouchables to your french 34 students, and not just show the film then this unit is for you. Its a lifeaffirming story of people and activities. In germany and the netherlands, it was the most successful french film in history. Ended up loving it, and even a bit skeptical about how that could never really happen, in re. I havent been able to find anything close to the script for this film, and figured this might be the right place to look for help. The intouchables a reflection on disability and caregiving. Leon and mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protegee and learns the assassins trade. While i prefer my favorite movie, the intouchables, french with english subtitles, or dubbed, this movie included the same irreverence, comedy, and drama that the original 2011 movie had. The intouchables simple english wikipedia, the free. Jun 28, 2012 the intouchables, a heartwarming comedy about a paris aristocrats friendship with the unemployed black man he hires as his aide, is an unlikely boxoffice hit in france. But whats really surprising is how well it did internationally, taking in 281 million dollars, unheard of for a french film.
The intouchables is a genuinely inspirational story. A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system. The intouchables in australian cinemas october 25 follow roadshow films online. Driss sy is driving philippes cluzet maserati quattroporte at high speed. Their hit movie the intouchables les intouchables, which arrives in canadian. 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 remake of french film the intouchables titled untouchable, starring kevin hart and bryan cranston, gets a march 2018 release date. May 25, 2012 on the surface, the intouchables sounds like another trite, feelgood movie about a mismatched pair of unlikely friends, who come together to inspire each other despite overwhelming odds.
Its basically like watching mst3k or elvira but instead of getting to watch the movie they just tell you whats happening and make a few comments. And rather than try to revive the new wave or emulate hollywood like most widely seen french films of late, intouchables harnesses its core strengths ease with intimacy, willingness to ridicule anything and brutal honesty and delivers one of the funniest, most honest and touching films i have ever seen. Ive been watching it a lot to help my french which is coming along, but they just talk so damned smoothly. 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. Having claimed the title as the secondmost watched film in the history of french cinema, the intouchables quickly rose in popularity with its release in france back in november. Now playing in toronto at cineplex varsity and sheppard cinemas and ottawa at the bytowne and vancouver at fifth avenue cinemas. Their hit movie the intouchables les intouchables, which arrives in canadian cinemas this month, is a project both wreathed in accolades. The upside 2017 trivia 10 add new this is a remake of the french film the intouchables 2011.
And even if that doesnt impress, claudia cardinale in her prime is enough for just about any movie. The specials, from the makers of intouchables, to close. It might help to think of the intouchables as a french spinoff of driving miss daisy, retitled pushing monsieur philippe. The movie is worth seeing for the great ensemble, a movie that puts guys like lancaster, marvin, ryan and palance together plus great direction and a decent story is sure to be good. What youve learned from the movie the intouchables. The movie the intouchables, a film directed by french screenwriters olivier nakache and eric toledano, is based on a touching true story of a wealthy business man living with quadriplegia and his unorthodox caregiver, driss. This is a story that has been told time and again in the movies, and sometimes the performances overcome the. Engineering 2012, my friend rohan baadkar suggested it saying it was a really good movie. Vocabulary from the movie les intouchables learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. The french film the intouchables 2011 told the story of a wealthy white quadriplegic and his black caretaker. Jun 30, 2012 the intouchables in australian cinemas october 25 follow roadshow films online. Intouchables is a magnet for french moviegoers the new.
Jan 21, 2019 let me give you a brief introduction to this movie. 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. Intouchables cad report by sascha peters on this movie played in movietheatre lumiere. The story of a bitter, injured man who meets the charismatic, criminal man is a story for all. 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. Racial comedy, french style the intouchables is the biggest foreignlanguage film of all time.
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