#intouchables

So, when I was first watching the Last Twilight episode, something was bugging me about the choice of having Day in a wheelchair. Because it was a choice. And as I kept watching it, I kept feeling like I was missing something. My memory is terribly slow with these things, so it wasn't until I went back that I got it. Intouchables. So now, for some context. Intouchables is a french film from 2011 that tells the story of a french rich businessman that, after becoming quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, hires a young black man to be his carer. This is based on a true story. (Yes, there is an american version, but I haven't seen it so I can't speak to it.) If you've never watched this movie, go watch it, cause for sure Aof has watched it.

You can probably already see the parallels just from this small synopses. I'm gonna say too much about the movie, I'm just gonna talk about the similarities so far.

So we got our two main characters. Philippe and Driss. Philippe is our basic older rich white guy, with the palatial mansion and a hundred people servicing his every need. Also he's quadriplegic. Driss is the opposite side of all of this. He is poor, he lives off of unemployment benefits, his house is small and cramped, shared with family. So, Driss needs to look for a job to get the benefits, but he doesn't actually want the job. He just needs to show that he's looking for one. All he needs is a signature. Anyway... So he goes for an interview.

I think you can spot Driss.

While he's waiting for the interview, we see the other man being interviewed.

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And at some point he's had enough.

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And he simply bursts into the room.

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I mean, one is a palatial living room, and the other is basically an office but you the picture. This next part in the film is slightly different in the show, because Driss is not even phased by the vision of the man in the wheelchair. He's much more interested in Magalie, the secretary, but we couldn't have that in our bl.

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After this, the similarities continue. Because both Driss and Mork don't want the job, but both Philippe and Day are intrigued by this guy that just walked in and that doesn't seem to be interested in the actual job. Also because both Driss and Mork don't really act like what Philippe and Day are used to people acting around them.

Except for Alight Motion, I also study Daivinci Resolve on my laptop (and play Fortnite). Edit looks simple, but it took me quite a lot of time. I tried to choose the clips so that the transitions look more beautiful. I hope I got it, but need more practice!

I'm still trying to get used to it, because after the Capcut, it looks like an airplane cabin 🫡

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.

I finally watched this film; I meant to do so for a while. I don't remember how I first heard of it, but it must have been when I was looking for criticism of Me Before You, someone probably mentioned it in the comments somewhere. Or maybe it was Goodreads? Idk, not important. Anyway. Not only does it do everything better than Me Before You--it's an offence to Intouchables to even mention it in the same sentence as Me Before You--it's also funny! It has genuinely laugh out loud moments. No forced tearjerking (unless it's tears of joy) and no romance (well a little, but it's a side plot). Driss, the carer, is just as unqualified for the job as Louisa is, but the difference is that he doesn't even want to the job, he only turned up at the interview to obtain a proof that he is actively looking for work so that he could claim benefits. He's freshly out of jail and from a poor immigrant family, and lives in a poor neighbourhood. Philippe, the quadriplegic, hires him anyway bc he wants someone different (he explains to his lawyer, who warns him that the guy has a criminal record, that he likes that Driss has no pity for him). They develop a genuine friendship. It's also based on a true story, the difference is only that irl the man who was the carer is Algerian, but in the film he is Senegalese, bc they cast Omar Sy.