Foreign Film

1. Title: The Intouchables

2. Year of release: 2011

3. Language of original film: French

4. Directors: Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano

5. Actors: François Cluzet and Omar Sy

6. Give a brief plot summary

The movie begins in Paris with Driss driving Phillipe in the car fast and reckless because Phillipe loves fast things. Driss is his caregiver and an excon. The plot of the movie is Phillipe needing a caregiver and him wanting someone that has no pity on him as he is a quadriplegic. Driss has no pity what so ever because he never really wants the job in the first place, he only goes to the interview to get a paper signed for his welfare benefits. During the movie you can see both these men change for the better because of each other. Phillipe helps Driss find him-self and teach him how to work harder. Driss helps Phillipe know he is still alive and can have a great life still and to stop letting the chair live his life. Both men are stubborn as hell at first and at the end I was crying at the relationship that had developed.

7. Analyze the social and philosophical issues the film addresses. Make sure you include the point of view of the move, the context of the movie, what audience the movie is targeting, and why. (i.e. you should address and reflect upon the “argument” or “meaning” of the work. This should be analysis, not just summary of issues in the movie.)

The social issues in the film are you would never think that a billionaire would choose an excon with nothing to lose to take care of your everyday needs or a gangster pot smoking childish man to accept a job of taking care of an older quadriplegic. Another social issue is Phillipe’s adopted daughter Elisa’s crappy attitude and how she thinks she can talk down and rude to Driss because he is black and not rich. The most philosophical issue I found in the movie was how calm Phillipe was when people told him he was an idiot to hire Driss and how calm he was about his...