The Intouchables (French: Intouchables, pronounced [ɛ̃tuʃabl]), also known as Untouchable (UK)), is a

French buddy comedy-drama film directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano. It stars François Cluzet
and Omar Sy. 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 Welcome to the Sticks.[2] The film was voted the
cultural event of 2011 in France with 52% of votes in a poll by Fnac.[3] It also became the most viewed
French film in the world with 51.5 million tickets up to 2014 and the success of Lucy.[4] The film has
received several award nominations. In France, the film won the César Award for Best Actor for Omar Sy,
and garnered seven further nominations for the César Awards, including the César Award for Best
Film.At night in Paris, Driss (Sy) is driving Philippe's (Cluzet) Maserati Quattroporte at high speed. They
are chased through the streets by the police and eventually cornered. Driss claims the quadriplegic
Philippe must be urgently driven to the emergency room; Philippe pretends to have a seizure and the
fooled police officers escort them to the hospital.

The story of the friendship between the two men is then told as a flashback: Philippe, a wealthy
quadriplegic who owns a luxurious hôtel particulier and his assistant Magalie, are interviewing
candidates to be his live-in caregiver. Driss, a candidate, has no ambitions to get hired. He is just there to
get a signature on a document showing he was interviewed and rejected so that he can continue
receiving his welfare benefits. He is told to come back the next morning to collect his signed document.