Saturday, November 26, 2011

Intouchables



Tonight we went to see a French film called Intouchables (Untouchable). It was released early this month and has become a phenomenon in France (and Switzerland), generating extremely positive reviews and strong word-of-mouth.

The film was inspired by true events and tells the story of a wealthy Parisian, who is paralyzed following a paragliding accident, and the full-time assistant he hires to help him with his daily life. The duo come from very different backgrounds, but they share a common bond and over the course of the film develop a meaningful friendship.

While the film is comedic throughout, it also is filled with dramatic elements and by the end is one of the more touching movies that I've seen in a long time. I think even the most hardened individual will shed a couple of tears at the end.

The U.S. distribution rights for the film have been bought by Harvey Weinstein, so it should be arriving in the U.S. at some point. And in the meantime, I found a trailer online that includes English subtitles. You'll probably want to expand the video to full screen (click button on bottom right of video next to "YouTube") in order to be able to read them.

Unfortunately, the subtitles are horrendous (there's no way this is an official version), but I figured that a version with bad subtitles would be better than one without any.


I don't think that the trailer really does it justice, though, so you'll have to trust me that the film's a must-see.

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