By: Imasheva Madina
My favorite film “1+1”. I love this film because there are good actors, very good script, good special effects and the film makes you wonder. I was really moved when I knew that this film was based on a real live story. Maybe, it was the fact which made me feel this story deeply. I really appreciate actors who played in this film. I also like the way how the film was made. I think that everyone should watch this film.
Directed by Olivier Nakache Éric Toledano Produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky Yann Zenou Laurent Zeitoun Written by Olivier Nakache Éric Toledano Starring François Cluzet Omar Sy Music by Ludovico Einaudi Cinematography Mathieu Vadepied Edited by Reynald Bertrand Release date 23 September 2011 (San Sebastian) 2 November 2011 (France) Running time 112 minutes Country France Language French Budget €9.5 million($10.8 million) Box office €360 million($444.8 million)[1]
Having suffered as a result of the accident, the rich aristocrat Philip hires an assistant of the man who is least suitable for this work, a young resident of the suburb of Drissa, who was just released from prison. Despite the fact that Philip is chained to a wheelchair, Drissa manages to bring to the measured life of an aristocrat a spirit of adventure. The film ends with shots of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Sellou, the people on whom the film is based, together on a hillside, reminiscent of the paragliding scene earlier in the film. The closing caption states how the men remain close friends to this day.
François Cluzet (born 21 September 1955) is a French film and theatre actor. In 2007, Cluzet won a French César Award after starring as a doctor suspected of double homicide in thriller Tell No One (original title Ne le dis à personne ). Cluzet may be best known for his role as Philippe in the international hit film The Intouchables (2011).
Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French actor and comedian. He is best known in France for his sketches with Fred Testot and his role in The Intouchables, and internationally for his roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past and Jurassic World.[1] He received a César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first actor of African descent to win the French award.
Ludovico Einaudi – "Fly" (3:20) Earth, Wind & Fire – "September" (3:33) Omar Sy, François Cluzet & Audrey Fleurot – "Des références..." (1:08) Ludovico Einaudi – "Writing Poems" (4:09) George Benson – "The Ghetto" (4:57) Omar Sy & François Cluzet – " L'arbre qui chante " (1:01) Terry Callier – "You're Goin ' Miss Your Candyman " (7:18) François Cluzet & Omar Sy – "Blind Test" (2:21) Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions – "Boogie Wonderland" (4:45) Ludovico Einaudi – " L'origine nascosta " (3:12) Nina Simone – "Feeling Good" (2:53) Ludovico Einaudi – "Cache-cache" (3:51) Angelicum De Milan – "Vivaldi: Concerto pour 2 violons & Orchestra" (3:21) Ludovico Einaudi – " Una mattina " (6:41) Vib Gyor – "Red Lights" (4:29) September Do you remember the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away. Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing. As we danced in the night, Remember how the stars stole the night away. Ba de ya - say do you remember Ba de ya - dancing in September Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day. My thoughts are with you Holding hands with your heart to see you Only blue talk and love... Remember how we knew love was here to stay. Now December found the love that we shared in September. Only blue talk and love... Remember the true love we share today. Ba de ya - say do you remember Ba de ya - dancing in September Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day Ba de ya - say do you remember Ba de ya - dancing in September Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days.
Pozzo di Borgo was acting director of the Pommery champagne manufacturers when he had the paragliding accident that left him paralyzed. In his brilliant career as a manufacturer, Pozzo di Borgo had interviewed more than a few potential employees. That’s how he knew, as soon as he recruited his “ devilish guardian,” that he’d have to deal with one “bad boy.” Abdel (played by actor Omar Sy in the film) had no intention of actually staying in the domestic assistant position he had applied for. He also had no intention of being the arms and legs of a disabled intellectual. And he definitely had no plans of sticking around to help out with Pozzo di Borgo’s ailing wife, Béatrice, ”who was living her final months.” The candidate did, however, fit Pozzo di Borgo’s ideal profile. He was ”quick-thinking, intelligent, and free 24/7”, was capable of “acting without flinching and of taking initiative” and was ready to “drive fast and without a license.” Pozzo di Borgo’s friends were afraid of Abdel’s “wildness.” Pozzo di Borgo, however, was drawn to Abdel’s “sweet craziness.” And in the end, Abdel helped give him back “appetite” for daily life.
“Sometimes you have to reach into someone else's world to find out what's missing in your own”
