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A Second WindThe basis for the French hit film, SECOND WIND is an inspiring memoir about a paraplegic French businessman and his unlikely Algerian caregiver.Read More
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Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2012
...human relationships." "The Intouchables," which translates as"The Untouchables,"is based on the experiences of Champagne manufacturer Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, who was paralyzed in a 1993 hang-gliding accident, and his Algerian-born caregiver, Abdel...
TakePart, May 24, 2012
...collaborators took some creative license in turning Abdel Sellou, the real-life Algerian domestic assistant to the wheelchair-bound millionaire Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, into the Senegalese-bred Driss, who hails from the projects just as Sy did. “This...
Film Journal International, May 24, 2012
...the cast as Yvonne, Philippe’s concierge. The Intouchables is adapted from Le Second Souffle, a memoir by Philippe Pozzo di Borgo about his friendship with his assistant, Abdel Sellou, which was also turned into a documentary, À la vie, à la mort,...
Coming Soon!, May 21, 2012
...none that got any sort of attention here, the movie was based on the relationship of tetraplegic millionaire Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and the Algerian immigrant from the projects he hired to be his unlikely caretaker. That true story has been converted...
Huffington Post, May 7, 2012
...context of our film. The Intouchables is based on the true story of a highly unlikely friendship between Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, a white, quadriplegic millionaire, and Abdel Sellou, a young ex-con of North-African origin, hired to be his live-in...
Huffington Post Canada, February 26, 2012
...d'un riche tétraplégique, joué par François Cluzet. Le film s'inspire d'une histoire réelle, celle de Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, un aristocrate devenu tétraplégique à la suite d'un accident. Il avait embauché pour l'assister dans...
Huffington Post Canada, February 24, 2012
...d'un riche tétraplégique, joué par François Cluzet. Le film s'inspire d'une histoire réelle, celle de Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, un aristocrate devenu tétraplégique � la suite d'un accident, qui avait embauché pour l'assister dans sa vie...
