Driss accepts the challenge and moves to the mansion, changing the boring life of Phillipe and his employees. Archived from on 18 September 2015. Archived from on 7 July 2012. Upon shaving and dressing elegantly, Philippe and Driss arrive at a restaurant with a great ocean view. They are chased through the streets by the police and eventually cornered. He says he will not fire him as long as he does his job properly. Emotionally touched, Philippe looks through the window and sees Driss outside, smiling at him.
The closing caption states how the men remain close friends to this day. Driss eventually convinces Philippe to talk to Eléonore on the phone. His morale is very low and he stops taking care of himself. In Paris, the aristocratic and intellectual Philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his red-haired secretary Magalie. Despite being uninterested in the job and his lack of professional experience, Driss does well caring for Philippe, even if his methods are unconventional. He is told to come back the next morning to get his signed letter. The film has received several award nominations.
The story and the idea behind the movie is beautiful. The film has also done well in several other European countries, topping charts in Germany for nine consecutive weeks, Switzerland for eleven weeks, Austria for six weeks, Poland for three weeks, and Italy, Spain and Belgium for one week, as of 20 May 2012. Here he is much more effervescent and humorous as Driss, inept to the social surroundings of his employer, and he is full of heart and heartbreak. In France, the film won the for Omar Sy, and garnered seven further nominations for the , including the , which it lost to the winner. Archived from on 15 December 2012. Philippe states he does not care about Driss's past because he is the only one that does not treat him with pity. Archived from on 21 March 2015.
Of course there isn't anything new about this film, or the story it tells, but it's heartwarming to see a quadriplegic overcome the baser anxieties of his handicap, and for a disenfranchised ex-con find happiness and loyalty in his friendship. The film ends with shots of and Abdel Sellou, the people on whom the film is based, together on a hillside, reminiscent of the paragliding scene earlier in the film. Driss encourages him to meet her, but Philippe fears her reaction when she discovers his disability. An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, The Intouchables has broken box office records in its native France and across Europe. A few seconds later, Eléonore arrives.
In February 2017, and joined the cast. Archived from on 8 July 2012. Watch all your favorite movies and tv shows online for free on Putlocker. A friend of Philippe's reveals Driss's criminal record which includes six months in jail for robbery. By August 2016, Curtis presumably dropped out of directing.
On August 2, 2017, the film's title was changed to The Upside. Nine weeks after its release in France on 2 November 2011, it became the second biggest box office hit in France, just behind the 2008 film. At the , the film received eight nominations. Archived from on 25 April 2017. In the meantime, Philippe has hired caregivers to replace Driss, but he is not happy with any of them. At the last minute, Philippe is too scared to meet Eléonore and leaves with Yvonne before Eléonore arrives. Driss, a candidate, has no ambitions to get hired.
He is just there to get a signature showing he was interviewed and rejected in order to continue receiving his welfare benefits. Archived from on 28 May 2012. Driss accepts the challenge and moves to the mansion, changing the boring life of Phillipe and his employees. That was set in the of the 1940s. Out of the blue, Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit.
Archived from on 10 October 2012. After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. Philippe then calls Driss and invites him to travel with him in his private jet for a paragliding weekend in the. After they have eluded the police, Driss takes Philippe to the seaside. Archived from on 28 January 2013. It's monumental and outrageously good. Driss returns to his urban projects, joining his friends and manages to help his younger cousin.
Overhearing, Philippe recognizes Driss's need to be supportive to his family and releases him from his job, suggesting he may not want to push a wheelchair all his life. . Archived from on 10 October 2012. Gradually, Philippe is led by Driss to put some order in his private life, including being stricter with his adopted daughter Elisa. Out of the blue, the rude African Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit. Out of the blue, the rude African Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit.