modern France

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2015)

Olivier Nakache's and Éric Toledano's "Intouchables" looks at the friendship between people of dissimilar backgrounds. Philippe (François Cluzet) is a paraplegic tycoon who hires African immigrant Driss (Omar Sy) to be his caretaker. That paragliding scene made me want to go paragliding.
Beyond the obvious plot, I see the movie as a look at France's - and much of Europe's - growing diversity. Even if a person in France or Germany doesn't like immigrants, he's still bound to have exposure to them (much like how racist southerners in the US are going to have exposure to blacks whether they want it or not). Of course, most important is the different backgrounds that the men have: Philippe is a modern aristocrat, while Driss is from the ghetto. Both have something to teach each other.
Anyway, it's a really good movie. I recommend it.