The Intouchables (Intouchables)
Directed by: Eric Toledano, Olivier NakacheCast list: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Cyril Mendy
Country: France
Year: 2011
Genres: Comedy / Drama /
Runtime: 115 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original French version subtitled in Spanish
Phillipe is a rich quadriplegic living in a mansion in Paris. He is interviewing people for a live-in carer. Driss is just looking to get a signature to show he has been looking for work. Driss, however, is given the job for a trial period. Although Phillip learns of his criminal record for robbery, he states that he doesn't care as long as the boy does his job properly. As time passes, the two men develop a friendship.
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Subjects: Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders /
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