Intouchables (2011)

	Directed by: Éric Toledano Olivier Nakache	INTERNATIONAL TITLE The Intouchables NORWEGIAN TITLE De urørlige COUNTRY France GENRE Drama/Buddy comedy RUNNING TIME 112 minutes
	Produced by: Nicolas Duval Adassovsky Yann Zenou Laurent Zeitoun
	Written by: Olivier Nakache Éric Toledano

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Philippe	François Cluzet	½
Bakary "Driss" Bassari	Omar Sy	½
Magalie	Audrey Fleurot
Yvonne	Anne Le Ny
Marcelle	Clotilde Mollet	-
Elisa	Alba Gaïa Bellugi	½
Nathalie Lecomte	Joséphine de Meaux

Review

An upper-class, middle-aged, world-weary quadriplegic (François Cluzet) decides to hire the young, boisterous, and brash Senegalese immigrant Driss (Omar Sy) as his live-in caregiver, thinking he won't last a week before giving up. The 2011 French comedy-drama Intouchables was a sleeper hit all over the world. Based on a true story, this tale about an unlikely friendship across societal boundaries may seem stereotypical at first glance, but with its wonderful earnestness and bubbly joie de vivre, it soars above its own clichés. And what definitely isn't stereotypical is the film's unvarnished look at life as a disabled person. Like Driss, Intouchables treats Philippe as a peer, refusing to handle him with kid gloves. A truly uplifting experience that somewhat remarkably is the most profitable French film of all time.