:The Intouchables

At night in Paris, Driss is driving Philippe's Maserati Quattroporte at high speed. Chased through the streets by the police, they are eventually cornered. Driss claims the quadriplegic Philippe must get to a hospital urgently; Philippe pretends to have a seizure and the fooled police officers escort them. After arriving at the hospital, Driss drives away.

The story of friendship between the two men is then told as a flashback: Philippe, a wealthy quadriplegic owner of a luxurious hôtel particulier, and his assistant Magalie are interviewing potential live-in caregivers. Driss has no ambitions to get hired; he is only waiting to get a signature on a document proving his interview was rejected, to continue receiving his benefits. He is told to return the next morning to collect his signed document.

The next day when Driss returns, Philippe's aide Yvonne greets him, telling him he has the job on a trial basis. Despite being uninterested and inexperienced, he does well caring for Philippe, albeit using unconventional methods. Driss learns the extent of his employer's disability, aiding Philippe in every aspect of his life. A friend of Philippe's reveals that Driss was imprisoned for six months for robbery, but Philippe disregards the warnings, stating he does not care about Driss' past. As Driss is the only one who does not treat Philippe with pity, he will not fire Driss as long as he does his job properly.

Philippe explains his disability resulted from a paragliding incident and that his wife died without bearing children. Gradually, Driss helps him to organise his private life, despite having problems with his adopted daughter Elisa. Driss discovers modern art, opera and starts painting. For Philippe's birthday, a private classical music concert is performed in his living room. Philippe educates Driss on famous classical pieces, but Driss only recognises them as advert music or cartoon themes. Feeling the concert is too boring, Driss plays Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland", livening up the party, with the guests also enjoying the music.

Discovering Philippe has a purely epistolary relationship with a woman called Eléonore who lives in Dunkirk, Driss encourages his employer to meet her, but Philippe fears her reaction when she discovers his disability. Driss persuades him to talk to her by phone. Philippe agrees to send a photo of himself in a wheelchair to her, but he hesitates and asks his aide, Yvonne, to send a picture as he was before his accident. A date between them is agreed to, but Philippe is too scared to meet Eléonore at the last minute and leaves with Yvonne before she arrives. Philippe then calls Driss, inviting him to fly with him in his Dassault Falcon 900 private jet for a paragliding weekend in the Alps.

Driss's cousin, Adama, in trouble with a gang, comes to fetch Driss at the mansion on the pretext of delivering mail. Overhearing, Philippe recognizes Driss's need to be supportive to his family and releases him from his job, suggesting he may not want to push a wheelchair all his life.

Driss returns home, joins his friends and manages to help his cousin. In the meantime new carers have replaced Driss but Philippe is not happy with any of them. His morale is very low and he stops taking care of himself. He grows a beard and looks ill. Worried, Yvonne calls Driss back.

Upon arrival Driss drives Philippe in the Maserati, which brings the story back to the initial police chase. After they elude the police, Driss takes Philippe to the seaside. Once Philippe has shaved and dressed, they arrive at a Cabourg restaurant on the sea front. Driss suddenly leaves the table, saying good luck to Philippe on his lunch date. A few seconds later Eléonore arrives. Emotionally touched, Philippe looks through the window and sees Driss outside, smiling at him. Driss bids Philippe farewell and walks away as Phillipe and Eléonore chat and enjoy each other's company.

The film ends with shots of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Sellou, the people on whom the story is based, together on a hillside, reminiscent of the paragliding scene earlier in the film. The closing caption states that the men remain close friends to this day.

File:Nakache Omar Sy Toledano Lumières 2012.jpg with star Omar Sy at the 2012 Lumière Awards ceremony.]]

{{Cast listing|

• François Cluzet as Philippe
• Omar Sy as Bakary "Driss" Bassari
• Audrey Fleurot as Magalie
• Anne Le Ny as Yvonne
• Clotilde Mollet as Marcelle
• Alba Gaïa Bellugi as Elisa
• Joséphine de Meaux as Nathalie Lecomte
• Cyril Mendy as Adama, Driss's cousin
• Christian Ameri as Albert
• Grégoire Oestermann as Antoine
• Marie-Laure Descoureaux as Chantal
• Absa Dialou Toure as Mina
• Salimata Kamate as Fatou
• Thomas Soliveres as Bastien
• Dorothée Brière-Meritte as Éléonore
• Caroline Bourg as Freddy
• Émilie Caen as Gallerist

}}

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1. Ludovico Einaudi – "Fly" (3:20)
2. Earth, Wind & Fire – "September" (3:33)
3. Omar Sy, François Cluzet & Audrey Fleurot – "Des références..." (1:08)
4. Ludovico Einaudi – "Writing Poems" (4:09)
5. George Benson – "The Ghetto" (4:57)
6. Omar Sy & François Cluzet – "L'arbre qui chante" (1:01)
7. Terry Callier – "You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman" (7:18)
8. François Cluzet & Omar Sy – "Blind Test" (2:21)
9. Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions – "Boogie Wonderland" (4:45)
10. Ludovico Einaudi – "L'origine nascosta" (3:12)
11. Nina Simone – "Feeling Good" (2:53)
12. Ludovico Einaudi – "Cache-cache" (3:51)
13. Angelicum De Milan – "Vivaldi: Concerto pour 2 violons & Orchestra" (3:21)
14. Ludovico Einaudi – "Una mattina" (6:41)

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After four weeks, by 25 November 2011, The Intouchables had already become the most-watched film in France in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtl.fr/actualites/culture-loisirs/cinema/article/intouchables-est-deja-le-film-le-plus-vu-de-l-annee-7738285549|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210190840/http://www.rtl.fr/actualites/culture-loisirs/cinema/article/intouchables-est-deja-le-film-le-plus-vu-de-l-annee-7738285549|url-status=dead|title=Article RTL : "Intouchables" devient le film le plus vu de l'année !|archive-date=10 February 2012}} After sixteen weeks, more than 19 million people had seen the film in France. On 10 January 2012, The Intouchables set a record, having been number one for ten consecutive weeks since its release in France. The film has grossed $166 million in France and $444.7 million worldwide as of 12 May 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.wulfmansworld.com/Die_besten_Filme/Die_erfolgreichsten_Kinofilme_aller_Zeiten_151_-_175 |title=Die weltweit erfolgreichsten Kinofilme aller Zeiten – Top 332 |trans-title= |author=Wulfmansworld |date=27 April 2016 |access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630171329/http://www.wulfmansworld.com/Die_besten_Filme/Die_erfolgreichsten_Kinofilme_aller_Zeiten_151_-_175|archive-date=30 June 2013}}

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On 20 March 2012, The Intouchables broke the record for the highest-grossing French film, surpassing The Fifth Element ($263.9 million).{{cite news|title=Intouchables : plus gros succès de l'histoire pour un film non-anglophone |trans-title= |url=http://www.ozap.com/actu/-intouchables-plus-gros-succes-de-l-histoire-pour-un-film-non-anglophone/440005 |access-date=21 March 2012 |newspaper=Ozap |date=21 March 2012 |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092854/http://www.ozap.com/actu/-intouchables-plus-gros-succes-de-l-histoire-pour-un-film-non-anglophone/440005|archive-date=6 October 2014}} In July 2012, it became the top grossing foreign language film of 2012 in North America, surpassing A Separation.{{cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |title=Box Office Milestone: 'Intouchables' Top Grossing Foreign Film of 2012 in North America |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/intouchables-box-office-353541 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=17 December 2012 |date=24 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122171234/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/intouchables-box-office-353541 |archive-date=22 November 2012}}

The film has also done well in several other European countries, topping charts in Germany for nine consecutive weeks, Switzerland for eleven weeks, Austria for six weeks, Poland for three weeks, and Italy, Spain and Belgium for one week, as of 20 May 2012.{{cite web|title=Intouchables passe la barre des 340 millions $ et cumule 39.339.231 spectateurs au 20 mai 2012 |trans-title= |url=http://boxofficeintouchables.unblog.fr/2012/05/25/intouchables-passe-la-barre-des-340-millions-et-cumule-39-339-231-spectateurs-au-20-mai-2012/|publisher=Box-office Intouchables|access-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528190049/http://boxofficeintouchables.unblog.fr/2012/05/25/intouchables-passe-la-barre-des-340-millions-et-cumule-39-339-231-spectateurs-au-20-mai-2012/|archive-date=28 May 2012}}

• With more than 30 million tickets sold outside France it is the most successful French film shot in French since at least 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/7047/box-office-francais-dans-le-monde-avril-2012|title=Box-office français dans le monde – Avril 2012 |trans-title= |access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610001127/http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/7047/box-office-francais-dans-le-monde-avril-2012|archive-date=10 June 2016}}
• In the United States, it is the fourth highest-grossing French-language film since 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=foreign.htm|title=Foreign Language, 1980–Present|publisher=Box Office Mojo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724001435/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=foreign.htm|archive-date=24 July 2010}}
• In Germany, it is the most successful French film shot in any language since at least 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/DAlltime100.htm|title=Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland seit 1966 |trans-title= |access-date=5 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510134804/http://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/DAlltime100.htm|archive-date=10 May 2016}}
• In Italy, it is the most successful French film shot in French since at least 1997.
• In Spain, it is the second most successful French film shot in French since at least 1994 behind Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (3.7 million admissions) released in 1999.
• In South Korea, it is the most successful French film shot in French since at least 1994.
• In Switzerland, it is the most successful French film shot in any language and the second most successful film from any nationalities behind Titanic, since at least 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/6872/box-office-francais-dans-le-monde-mars-2012|title=Box-office français dans le monde – Mars 2012|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331002923/http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/6872/box-office-francais-dans-le-monde-mars-2012|archive-date=31 March 2016}}
• In Belgium, it is the second most successful French film shot in any language since at least 1996 behind Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis ({{formatnum:1148179}} admissions).
• In Austria, it is the most successful French film shot in any language since at least 1994.
• In the Netherlands, it is the most successful French film shot in any language since at least 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/6977/top-20-des-films-francais-a-l-etranger-semaine-du-13-au-19-avril-2012|title=Top 20 des films français à l'étranger -semaine du 13 au 19 avril 2012 |trans-title= |access-date=5 May 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610002737/http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/6977/top-20-des-films-francais-a-l-etranger-semaine-du-13-au-19-avril-2012|archive-date=10 June 2016}}
• In Poland, it is the fourth most successful French film shot in French since at least 1998 behind Amélie (758,201 admissions), Asterix at the Olympic Games (685,800 admissions) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (680,010 admissions).
• In Israel, it is the most successful French film shot in French since at least 2002.[http://blog.orange.co.il/cinemascope/?p=9968 orange | מדברים אליהם (שלושה עדכונים) | סינמסקופ]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
• In Canada (French), it is the fourth{{cite web|url=http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/7123/top-20-films-francais-a-l-etranger-semaine-du-04-au-10-mai-2012|title=Top 20 films français à l'étranger -semaine du 04 au 10 mai 2012|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531163642/http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/7123/top-20-films-francais-a-l-etranger-semaine-du-04-au-10-mai-2012|archive-date=31 May 2016}} most successful French film shot in French since 1 January 2000 (as of 29 March 2012) behind Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (651,582 admissions), Amélie (569,523 tickets) and The Chorus (364,052 tickets sold).
• In Portugal, with 146,000 tickets sold in 5 weeks, it is the 6th most successful French film shot in French since at least 1994.
• In Japan, it is the most successful French film ever.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0049693|script-title=ja:『最強のふたり』がフランス映画最大のヒット作に！ついに『アメリ』超え！|publisher=シネマトゥディ|author=福田麗|date=2013-01-25|language=ja|access-date=2014-01-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116140401/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0049693|archive-date=16 January 2014}}

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and holds a 75% approval rating at the film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 122 reviews, and an average score of 6.7/10. The consensus states, "It handles its potentially prickly subject matter with kid gloves, but Intouchables gets by thanks to its strong cast and some remarkably sensitive direction."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes | id = intouchables | type = m | title = The Intouchables | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120517225638/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intouchables/ | archive-date = 17 May 2012 | access-date = 3 March 2021}} On Metacritic, the film has a score of 57 out of 100, based on 31 ratings of professional critics.{{cite Metacritic |id=the-intouchables |type=movie |title=The Intouchables|access-date=3 March 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106004511/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-intouchables |archive-date=6 November 2012}} Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/specialty-box-office-wes-anderson-moonrise-kingdom-the-intouchables-330063/|title=Specialty Box Office: Indie Film Business Enjoys a Banner Memorial Day Weekend|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 18, 2012|access-date=January 28, 2023}}

The film divided critics in the UK. Upon the film's 21 September 2012 UK release under the title Untouchable, The Independent called it "a third-rate buddy movie that hardly understands its own condescension....Why has the world flipped for this movie? Maybe it's the fantasy it spins on racial/social/cultural mores, much as Driving Miss Daisy did 20-odd years ago – uptight rich white employer learns to love through black employee's life-force. That was set in the segregationist America of the 1940s. What's this film's excuse?"{{cite news| title= Untouchable (15)| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/untouchable-15-8160904.html| date= 21 September 2012| work= The Independent| location= London| access-date= 21 October 2012| first= Anthony| last= Quinn| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121010002337/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/untouchable-15-8160904.html| archive-date= 10 October 2012}} Robbie Collin of The Telegraph called it "as broad, accessible and trombonishly unsubtle as a subtitled Driving Miss Daisy"; according to Collin, the "characters are conduits for charisma rather than great dramatic roles, but the horseplay between Sy and Cluzet is often very funny, and one joke bounces merrily into the next."{{cite news| title= French film Untouchable, a smash hit across the Channel, is corny but charming| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9555377/Untouchable-review.html| date= 20 September 2012| work= The Telegraph| location= London| access-date= 21 October 2012| first= Robbie| last= Collin| author-link= Robbie Collin| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005080352/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9555377/Untouchable-review.html| archive-date= 5 October 2012}} Nigel Farndale, also of The Telegraph, said: "The film, which is about to be released in Britain, has been breaking box-office records in France and Germany, and one of the reasons seems to be that it gives the audience permission to laugh with, not at, people with disabilities, and see their lives as they have never seen them before."

The film won the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix award given to the best film at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Award for Best Actor to both Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy{{cite web|url=http://2011.tiff-jp.net/en/tiff/awards.html|title=Tokyo International Film Festival – 24th TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL List of Winners|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121094438/http://2011.tiff-jp.net/en/tiff/awards.html|archive-date=21 January 2015}} in 2011. At the César Awards 2012, the film received eight nominations.{{cite web|title=César 2012, Polisse, The Artist et L'Exercice de l'Etat en tête des nominations|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/cesar-2012-les-nominations-polisse-the-artist-et-l-exercice-de-l-etat-en-tete_1076041.html|work=L'Express|access-date=9 December 2012|language=fr|date=27 January 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209091809/http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/cesar-2012-les-nominations-polisse-the-artist-et-l-exercice-de-l-etat-en-tete_1076041.html|archive-date=9 December 2012}} Omar Sy received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for the role of Driss (defeating Jean Dujardin, nominated for The Artist) and being the first French African actor to receive this honor.{{cite web|title=Résultat des César 2012 : Triomphe de The Artist et d'Omar Sy|url=http://www.francesoir.fr/loisirs/cine/resultat-des-cesar-2012-the-artist-triomphe-avec-six-recompenses-188598.html|work=France Soir|access-date=9 December 2012|language=fr|date=February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015012643/http://www.francesoir.fr/loisirs/cine/resultat-des-cesar-2012-the-artist-triomphe-avec-six-recompenses-188598.html|archive-date=15 October 2012}}

In September 2012, it was announced that The Intouchables had been selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar for the 85th Academy Awards.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/awards/intouchables-selected-for-oscar-race-1118059397/ |title='Intouchables' selected for Oscar race |date=18 September 2012 |access-date=18 September 2012 |work=Variety |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921011845/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059397/ |archive-date=21 September 2012}} In December 2012, it made the January shortlist,{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20121221.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar |access-date=21 December 2012 |work=Oscars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230211459/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20121221.html |archive-date=30 December 2012}} but was ultimately not selected for inclusion among the final nominees.

In the United States, the film released on DVD in March 2013. It grossed {{US$|5.7 million|long=no}} in DVD sales, {{As of|2022|4|lc=y}}.{{Cite web |title=Les Intouchables (2012) - Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Intouchables-Les#tab=video-sales |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Numbers}}

In the United Kingdom, it was 2013's second best-selling foreign language film on physical home video formats, second only to the Indonesian action film The Raid.{{Cite report |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2014.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2014 |date=2014 |publisher=British Film Institute (BFI) |pages=127 |access-date=25 April 2022 }} It was later the UK's ninth best-selling foreign language film of 2016, and second best-selling French film (behind Victor Young Perez).{{Cite book |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2017.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2017 |publisher=British Film Institute (BFI) |year=2017 |location=United Kingdom |pages=140–1, 153–4 |access-date=25 April 2022}}

In the United Kingdom, it was watched by 213,500 viewers on BBC Two in 2016, making it the year's third most-watched foreign language film on UK television.

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In 2015 it was announced that Vamsi Paidipally would be directing an Indian adaptation titled Oopiri, which was a bilingual film simultaneously shot and released in both Telugu and Tamil as Thozha. Both versions stars Karthi and Nagarjuna as its male leads.{{cite web | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/nagarjuna-and-karthi-s-movie-is-oopiri-telugu-news-142476.html | title=Nagarjuna and Karthi's movie is Oopiri | work=IndiaGlitz | date=18 September 2015 | access-date=18 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918121615/http://www.indiaglitz.com/nagarjuna-and-karthi-s-movie-is-oopiri-telugu-news-142476.html | archive-date=18 September 2015}}{{Cite news|title = Tamil version of Karthi-Nag film titled Thozha|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Tamil-version-of-Karthi-Nag-film-titled-Thozha/articleshow/49013295.cms|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2015-12-30|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150922093204/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Tamil-version-of-Karthi-Nag-film-titled-Thozha/articleshow/49013295.cms|archive-date = 22 September 2015| last1=Balachandran | first1=Logesh }} They were released on 25 March 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.pvpcinema.com/home.html|title=Coming Soon|website=www.pvpcinema.com|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730210522/http://www.pvpcinema.com/home.html|archive-date=30 July 2016}}

In 2014, rights to The Intouchables were sold to Bollywood filmmakers Karan Johar and Guneet Monga.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/official-bollywood-is-done-unauthorized-741589|title=It's Official, Bollywood Is Done With Unauthorized Remakes|author=Nyay Bhushan|date=16 October 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514175631/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/official-bollywood-is-done-unauthorized-741589|archive-date=14 May 2016}} Johar's Dharma Productions and Monga's Sikhya Entertainment announced that they would produce a Hindi remake, which would be directed by Mohit Suri.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/karan-johar-signs-mohit-suri-for-the-intouchables-remake/|title=Karan Johar signs Mohit Suri for 'The Intouchables' remake|date=31 May 2014|work=The Indian Express|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002031327/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/karan-johar-signs-mohit-suri-for-the-intouchables-remake/|archive-date=2 October 2015}} In October 2023, Collin D'Cunha was reported to be the director.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/karan-johar-guneet-monga-kapoor-hindi-remake-intouchables-director-collin-dcunha-1235579287/|title=Karan Johar & Guneet Monga Kapoor's Hindi Remake Of 'The Intouchables' Is Moving Forward With Director Collin D'Cunha|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=21 October 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood}}

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Inseparables is a 2016 Argentinian remake written and directed by Marcos Carnevale.{{cite web|title=Inseparables (2016)|url=http://www.cinenacional.com/pelicula/inseparables|work=cinenacional.com|access-date=30 November 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044119/http://www.cinenacional.com/pelicula/inseparables|archive-date=1 December 2017}}

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In July 2011, in addition to acquiring distribution rights in English-speaking countries, Scandinavian countries and China, The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to remake The Intouchables in English.{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-untouchable-idUSTRE7676V520110708|title= Weinstein Co. to remake French film 'Untouchable'|author= Joshua L. Weinstein|work= Reuters|date= 8 July 2011|access-date= 3 November 2012|url-status= live|archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170219093014/https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/us-untouchable-idUSTRE7676V520110708|archive-date= 19 February 2017}} In June 2012, Paul Feig was slated to direct and write the script, with Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx and Idris Elba eyed for the role of Abdel, Colin Firth in talks for Phillip, and Jessica Chastain and Michelle Williams considered for a female lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Chris-Rock-Jamie-Foxx-Idris-Elba-Up-Role-Intouchables-Remake-31474.html|title=Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Idris Elba Up For Role in the Intouchables Remake|date=19 June 2012|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513044708/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Chris-Rock-Jamie-Foxx-Idris-Elba-Up-Role-Intouchables-Remake-31474.html|archive-date=13 May 2016}}

By March 2013, Feig dropped out of directing, with Tom Shadyac in talks to replace him, and Chris Tucker was in consideration for Abdel.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/tom-shadyac-in-talks-to-direct-the-intouchables-remake/|title=Tom Shadyac in Talks To Direct 'The Intouchables' Remake – /Film|work=Slashfilm|date=March 2013|access-date=5 May 2016}} In October 2014, Kevin Hart was cast as Abdel, with Firth still attached as Phillip.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/casting-colin-firth-kevin-hart-are-intouchables-quvenzhane-wallis-is-counting-by-7s-and-more-20141001|title=Casting: Colin Firth & Kevin Hart Are 'Intouchables,' Quv – The Playlist|author=Kevin Jagernauth|date=1 October 2014|work=The Playlist|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502205224/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/casting-colin-firth-kevin-hart-are-intouchables-quvenzhane-wallis-is-counting-by-7s-and-more-20141001|archive-date=2 May 2016}} In March 2016, it was announced that Bryan Cranston was cast, replacing Firth. Simon Curtis was to direct Cranston and Hart from a screenplay written by Feig.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/31/breaking-bad-bryan-cranston-to-star-in-the-intouchables-remake|title=Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart to star in The Intouchables remake|author=Andrew Pulver|work=The Guardian|date=31 March 2016|access-date=31 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401151716/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/31/breaking-bad-bryan-cranston-to-star-in-the-intouchables-remake|archive-date=1 April 2016}} By August 2016, Curtis presumably dropped out of directing. Neil Burger was announced as his replacement.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/neil-burger-directing-kevin-hart-bryan-cranston-intouchables-1201844563/|title=Neil Burger to Direct Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston in 'Intouchables' Remake|author=Dave McNary|work=Variety|date=25 August 2016|access-date=25 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170225001414/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/neil-burger-directing-kevin-hart-bryan-cranston-intouchables-1201844563/|archive-date=25 February 2017}} A script by Jon Hartmere would be used rather than Feig's work.{{cite news|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/08/25/neil-burger-tapped-direct-intouchables-remake-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart/|title=Neil Burger Tapped to Direct 'The Intouchables' Remake with Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart|author=Lauren Huff|work=AwardsCircuit|date=25 August 2016|access-date=25 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827011350/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/08/25/neil-burger-tapped-direct-intouchables-remake-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart/|archive-date=27 August 2016}}

In January 2017, Nicole Kidman and Genevieve Angelson joined the cast of the film, then officially titled Untouchable.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/nicole-kidman-amara-karan-the-intouchables-remake-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart-1201879970/|title='Lion's Nicole Kidman, Amara Karan Eye 'Intouchables' Remake|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=9 January 2017|access-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080130/http://deadline.com/2017/01/nicole-kidman-amara-karan-the-intouchables-remake-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart-1201879970/|archive-date=11 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/the-intouchables-genevieve-angelson-joins-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart-twc-1201895317/|title='The Intouchables' Remake Adds Genevieve Angelson To Bryan Cranston & Kevin Hart Pic|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=27 January 2017|access-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080832/http://deadline.com/2017/01/the-intouchables-genevieve-angelson-joins-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart-twc-1201895317/|archive-date=11 February 2017}} In February 2017, Aja Naomi King and Julianna Margulies joined the cast.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/how-to-get-away-with-murders-aja-naomi-king-untouchable-movie-1201901073/|title='How To Get Away With Murder's Aja Naomi King Is 'Untouchable'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=6 February 2017|access-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207210323/http://deadline.com/2017/02/how-to-get-away-with-murders-aja-naomi-king-untouchable-movie-1201901073/|archive-date=7 February 2017}}{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: Julianna Margulies Joins Untouchables Movie – Plus many more notables|url=http://www.phillychitchat.com/2017/02/exclusive-julianna-margulies-joins-untouchable-first-pictures.html|date=7 February 2017|work=Philly Chit Chat|access-date=12 March 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313125502/http://www.phillychitchat.com/2017/02/exclusive-julianna-margulies-joins-untouchable-first-pictures.html|archive-date=13 March 2017}} On 2 August 2017, the film's title was changed to The Upside.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/02/the-intouchables-remake-upside-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart/|title=Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart's The Intouchables remake gets new title|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Nick|last=Romano|date=2 August 2017|access-date=2 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803042125/http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/02/the-intouchables-remake-upside-bryan-cranston-kevin-hart/|archive-date=3 August 2017}} The film was released on 11 January 2019, earning a box office of $125.9 million worldwide.{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=theupside.htm | title=The Upside }}

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