The Intouchables
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
What critics thought
DivisiveA feel-good crowd-pleaser that earned genuine audience affection but left professional critics more divided — the broad consensus is that the film works despite, not because of, its handling of disability and class, with many reviewers feeling it softens the harder edges of its true story. The chemistry between the two leads is the one element almost nobody disputes.
Accolades
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Cast & Crew
Éric ToledanoDirector
Olivier NakacheDirector
François CluzetPhilippe
Omar SyDriss
Anne Le NyYvonne
Audrey FleurotMagalie
Joséphine de MeauxLa DRH société de courses
Clotilde MolletMarcelle
Alba Gaïa BellugiElisa
Cyril MendyAdama
Salimata KamateFatou
Absa Diatou ToureMina
Grégoire OestermannAntoine
Dominique DaguierAmi Philippe
Ludovico EinaudiComposer
Philippe Pozzo di BorgoWriter
Mathieu VadepiedCinematographyThe Intouchables
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
What critics thought
DivisiveA feel-good crowd-pleaser that earned genuine audience affection but left professional critics more divided — the broad consensus is that the film works despite, not because of, its handling of disability and class, with many reviewers feeling it softens the harder edges of its true story. The chemistry between the two leads is the one element almost nobody disputes.
Accolades
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Cast & Crew
Éric ToledanoDirectorOlivier NakacheDirectorFrançois CluzetPhilippeOmar SyDrissAnne Le NyYvonneAudrey FleurotMagalieJoséphine de MeauxLa DRH société de coursesClotilde MolletMarcelleAlba Gaïa BellugiElisaCyril MendyAdamaSalimata KamateFatouAbsa Diatou ToureMinaGrégoire OestermannAntoineDominique DaguierAmi PhilippeLudovico EinaudiComposerPhilippe Pozzo di BorgoWriterMathieu VadepiedCinematography