The Intouchables (2011) Intouchables (original title)

Directors:

Olivier Nakache
Eric Toledano

Writers:

Olivier Nakache (written by)
Eric Toledano (written by)

Release Date:

2 November 2011 (Belgium)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Sometimes you have to reach into someone else's world to find out what's missing in your own.

Plot:

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.

Plot Keywords:

Paragliding | Teenage Daughter | Reference To Barack Obama | Reference To Adolf Hitler | 2010s

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 20 wins & 31 nominations

Cast

François Cluzet	...	Philippe
Omar Sy	...	Driss
Anne Le Ny	...	Yvonne
Audrey Fleurot	...	Magalie
Joséphine de Meaux	...	La DRH société de courses
Clotilde Mollet	...	Marcelle
Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi	...	Elisa (as Alba Gaïa Bellugi)
Cyril Mendy	...	Adama
Salimata Kamate	...	Fatou
Absa Diatou Toure	...	Mina
Grégoire Oestermann	...	Antoine
Dominique Daguier	...	Amie de Philippe
François Caron	...	Ami de Philippe
Christian Ameri	...	Albert
Thomas Solivéres	...	Bastien, dit le Plumeau
Dorothée Brière	...	Eléonore (as Dorothée Brière Méritte)
Marie-Laure Descoureaux	...	Chantal, la femme de chambre
Emilie Caen	...	Galeriste
Sylvain Lazard	...	Nouvel auxiliaire 1
Jean François Cayrey	...	Nouvel auxiliaire 2 (as Jean-François Cayrey)
Ian Fenelon	...	Candidat 1
Renaud Barse	...	Candidat 2
François Bureloup	...	Candidat 3
Nicky Marbot	...	Policier 1
Benjamin Baroche	...	Policier 2
Jérôme Pauwels	...	Voisin mal garé 1
Antoine Laurent	...	Voisin mal garé 2
Fabrice Mantegna	...	Chanteur opéra
Hedi Bouchenafa	...	Garagiste
Caroline Bourg	...	Fred
Michel Winogradoff	...	Serveur des Deux Magots
Kévin Wamo	...	Ami Driss
Elliot Latil	...	Lycéen
Alain Anthony	...	Pilote parapente 1
Dominique Henry	...	Pilote parapente 2
Le Capriccio Français	...	Orchestra player 1
Dirige par Philippe Le Fevre	...	Orchestra player 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre-Laurent Barneron	...	Majordome (uncredited)
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo	...	Himself (uncredited)
Abdel Sellou	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Olivier Nakache
Eric Toledano

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Nakache		written by
Eric Toledano		written by

Produced by
Arnaud Bertrand	....	associate producer
Dominique Boutonnat	....	associate producer
Hubert Caillard	....	associate producer
Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky	....	producer (as Nicolas Duval Adassovsky)
Laurent Sivot	....	line producer
Laurent Zeitoun	....	producer
Yann Zenou	....	producer

Original Music by
Ludovico Einaudi

Cinematography by
Mathieu Vadepied		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dorian Rigal-Ansous

Casting by
Gigi Akoka

Production Design by
François Emmanuelli

Set Decoration by
Olivia Bloch-Lainé

Costume Design by
Isabelle Pannetier

Makeup Department
Catherine Duplan	....	key hair stylist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	key makeup artist
Alice Robert	....	makeup artist
Jean-Christophe Roger	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Aurélien Brie	....	extra assistant unit manager
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production supervisor
Varujan Gumusel	....	post-production manager
Karine Lagny	....	assistant production manager
Dessagne Matthieu	....	assistant unit manager
Vincent Piant	....	unit manager
Olivier Rohde	....	production manager: paragliding & mountain unit
Robin Welch	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Benjamin Bouhana	....	assistant director
César Chabrol	....	assistant director
Héléna Cotinier	....	crowd assistant director
Julie Duhayot	....	second assistant director
Hervé Ruet	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gabriel Botcherby	....	assistant art director
Nicolas Decaux	....	carpenter
Fred Remuzat	....	storyboard artist
Christine Teulier	....	property master

Sound Department
Pascal Armant	....	sound recordist
Jérémy Babinet	....	foley editor
Roberto Cappannelli	....	sound re-recording mixer
Julien Gonnord	....	additional boom operator
Julien Gonnord	....	adr boom operator
Jean Goudier	....	sound editor
Fabrice Grizard	....	boom operator
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronisation
Michel Monier	....	sound consultant: dolby
Johann Nallet	....	adr mixer
Johann Nallet	....	foley mixer
Johann Nallet	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Laurent Brett	....	title designer

Stunts
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt coordinator
Sébastien Lagniez	....	stunt driver
Julien Piguet	....	stunt driver
Alexandre Rambure	....	stunt driver
Patrick Ronchin	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	additional steadicam operator
Sylvain Bardoux	....	key grip: second unit
Simon Beaufils	....	additional camera operator
Fabrice Bismuth	....	additional first assistant camera
Sébastien Courtain	....	chief electrician
Patrick de Ranter	....	steadicam operator
Marine Delcourt	....	assistant camera: specific segment
Vincent Doignon	....	additional assistant camera
Vincent Doignon	....	additional digital assistant camera
Marine Goujet	....	second assistant camera
Jean-Baptiste Jay	....	russian arm camera operator
Malek Krimed	....	second assistant camera
Eden Lagaly-Faynot	....	additional assistant camera
Mathieu Lamand	....	second assistant camera
Perrotte Lara	....	assistant camera
Perrotte Lara	....	video operator
Océane Lavergne	....	additional camera operator
Océane Lavergne	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer
Frédéric Loustalot	....	electrician
Jonathan Ly	....	grip
Luc Poullain	....	helicopter pilot: camera
Giovanni Quéné	....	grip
Edgar Raclot	....	grip: second unit
Michel Sabourdy	....	gaffer
Antoine Sanier	....	first assistant camera
Olivier Sargatal	....	electrician
Guilhem Touzery	....	additional camera assistant
Thierry Valletoux	....	poster photographer
Thierry Valletoux	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Ophélie Gelber	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ariane Daurat	....	additional wardrobe
Muriel Legrand	....	wardrobe
Paulette Ribot	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Barbara Albucher	....	digital intermediate project manager
Ana Antunes	....	post-production assistant
Antoine Battistelli	....	assistant editor
Arnaud Caréo	....	on-line editor
Jean-Baptiste Combette	....	digital dailies manager
Mickaël Commereuc	....	colorist assistant
Christian Dutac	....	color timer: LTC
Natacha Louis	....	colorist
Fabien Napoli	....	dailies color grader

Music Department
Le Capriccio Français	....	musician
Nicolas Duport	....	music recording engineer

Other crew
Dina Arbib	....	administratrice de production
Ghislaine Cauet-Martinotto	....	production coordinator
Christophe Chauveau	....	location scout
Mathias Duhayer	....	unit production assistant
Scarlett Garson	....	production coordinator
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photgrapher
Alexis Oros	....	runner
Fabien Pondevaux	....	location scout
Nathalie Vierny	....	script supervisor
Isabelle Vossart	....	location scout

Thanks
Nathalie Beder	....	thanks
Audrey Dana	....	thanks
Isabelle De La Patetlliere	....	thanks
Bertand Delaire	....	thanks
Antoine Jeanlant	....	thanks
Doriam Jeanpap	....	thanks
Hédi Klai	....	thanks
Thomas Langmann	....	thanks
Fredo Tole	....	thanks
Mathieu Vadepied	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Quad Productions
• Chaocorp (co-production)
• Gaumont (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)

Distributors

• Gaumont (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A Contracorriente Films (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Bloomage Entertainment (2012) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Budapest Film (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Cathay (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmtrade - Spentzos Film (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Filmware International (2012) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Golden Scene (2012) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• MediaPro Distribution (2012) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Senator Filmverleih (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (limited) (subtitled)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Film1 (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• MTVA (2011) (Hungary) (all media)
• Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (all media)
• Tanweer Alliances (2012) (Poland) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• Cinecascade  vehicle stunts
• Cinésyl  grip and lighting equipment
• Creative Regie  production crew and equipment (production services)

Also Known As:

"Intouchables" - France (original title)
"Untouchable" - Europe (English title) (festival title), UK (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some drug use

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:6 | France:U | South Korea:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:R | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Japan:PG12 | India:U/A | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:13 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:14 | Mexico:B | Singapore:NC-16 | Norway:7 | Denmark:7

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Quad Productions

Trivia:

The sports car Driss is driving for Philippe is a Maserati Quattroporte.

Goofs:

Continuity: There are two different Maseratis used in the film. In the opening scene, there is a different car used for the fast part of the car chase - notably a Quattroporte GTS 4.2 that can be identified by a chrome mesh grill and four exhausts. At the part where they are stopped by the police, a different front grill can be seen with vertical segments, and when they drive off two large exhausts are visible. It is one of the 4.7 versions of the Quatroporte. The 4.7 version of the car is again shown when later Driss gets in the car for the first time.

Quotes:

Philippe:My true disability is not having to be in a wheel chair. It's having to be without her.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2013) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Ave Maria, D.839

A magnificent, sensitive movie

It's not because I'm French that I appreciated this movie which I've seen twice. Too give the really infamous appreciation of the reader from Toronto to the French public, qualifying us of a segregationist country is difficult to gulp especially coming from north America which has not a very glorious past on the matter even in recent years. Perhaps the commentator should see the movie "The help" to refresh his memory... But what I'd like to say here apart of praising the fabulous interpretation of both leading actors is to remind that this is a true story, it did not come out from the directors and scriptwriter heads.

Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo born in 51, got a dramatic para-glider accident in the French Alps in 1993 being totally deprived of movements from the base of his neck to the tip of his feet. 3 Years later his wife died and he was helped out of his depression by Abdel Sellou his life-aid assistant. He published his terrible story in 2001 under the title "the second breath" (in French "Le second soufflé"). The directors have had the compliments of Di Borgo for the way they adapted his story. If in any way this was biased he would never had accepted the film to be left in that state. The Di Borgo family is a very old and wealthy family whose origins goes far back in the history of France, and their residence in Paris is considered to be one the jewels of the capital at the same level as The Hotel de Sully in Paris. What is shown in the film is exactly what happens everywhere in the world as far as handicapped are concerned: tendency to overwhelm them with pity which is more diminishing them as if their fate is not enough for them to swallow every minute or second each day. The way the racial problem is viewed is properly demonstrated. The police behaves in different ways depending of the color of your skin or your country's origin and sorry to say North America is a very good example of this so perhaps is not a proper judge on this matter.The authors had the courage to state this straightforwardly. The film shows on the contrary how a man with a very limited education at the beginning, a former convict, is capable progressively to change his views, and find in himself at the same time the good Samaritan aspects and help with humor and punch, his handicapped boss to find a new belief in his shattered life at 42! At the same time the boss demonstrates an open-mindedness which was not obvious to get not only because of his handicap but because of his origins and his wealth at first. Let's not illusion ourselves on the matter, everywhere in the world few wealthy people would accept to have as an aid an ex convict whichever color his skin should be! It's a fantastic lesson of tolerance, and friendship. For just those reason this movie would deserve an Oscar or Golden Globe awards.