The Intouchables

My daughter recommended that I watch The Intouchables, and I am glad that she did because this is an excellent movie, as good as you will see. The Intouchable is a French film that stars two talented actors, François Cluzet, and Omar Sy, and is based on a true story. Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo, a French aristocrat, was in a dramatic para-glider accident in the French Alps in 1993 that made him a quadraplegic. He needed servants to take care of him 24 hours a day. So how does the story develop?

The instant Philippe (rich, white, cranky, paralyzed) meets Driss (poor, black, cranky, strong), he becomes taken with Driss' naïveté. Driss is unlike anyone Philippe has ever dared to come into contact with. He’s loud, crass, and completely unfazed about how he is negatively perceived. But the most important character trait within Driss, and the one Philippe becomes so enamored with, is his gusto for life. He drives fast, takes drugs at leisure, paints when he feels like it, drinks when he’s in the mood, dances in public – he’s a guy who does what he wants when he wants. In the past, Driss' life philosophy has landed him in trouble (when we meet him, he’s come off a brief stint in jail), but under the guise of Philippe’s bottomless pocket, Driss’ eccentricities become acceptable.

That is all I will say because this is a movie that you should move to the top of your list of movies to see. I highly recommend this special movie.