Olivier Nakache

Olivier Nakache

  • Born: 1973-4-15
  • Birthplace: Hautes-Senes-sur-Seine
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  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer
  • Nationality: France
  • Representative Works: Just Friends, Intouchables, C'est la vie!, Hors normes
  • Olivier Nakache (Olivier Nakache), was born on April 14, 1973 in Hautes-sur-Seine-sur-Seine, France. He is a French director, screenwriter, and producer.
    In 1999, directed his first short film "La part de l'ombre". In 2005, directed the romantic comedy film " Just Friends ", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival-Golden Goblet Award [1]  . In 2011, he co-directed the comedy film " Intouchables " with Eric Toledano [2]  , which won the Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prize in the main competition unit of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival [3]  . In 2013, he was the producer of the feature film "Born in Somewhere". In 2017, he co-directed the comedy film " C'est la vie! " with Eric Toledano [4] . In 2019, directed the comedy film " Hors normes " [5] . In 2020, co-directed the TV series "Therapy" with Pierre Salvadori and Eric Toledano.  

    Performing Experience

    In 1999, he directed his first short film "La part de l'ombre"; in the same year, he served as the director of the feature short film "Les petits souliers". In 2002, directed the short drama "Beautiful Days". In 2005, directed the romantic comedy film " Just Friends " co-starring Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Paul Rouve , which was nominated for the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival-the main competition unit-Golden Goblet Award . 
    In 2006, the comedy film "Our Happy Time" directed by him was released   . In 2011, he co-directed the comedy film " Intouchables " with Eric Toledano   , which won the main competition unit of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival-Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prix   and the 27th Spanish Goya Award for Best European Film. Shortlisted for the best director of the 37th French Film Caesar Awards.
    In 2013, he was the producer of the feature film "Born in Somewhere". In 2014, directed the romantic comedy film " Samba " co-starring Omar Sy and Charlotte Gainsbourg . In 2016, he was the producer of the adventure comedy film " La vache ", which was directed by Mohamed Hamidi. 
    In 2017, he co-directed the comedy film " C'est la vie! " starring Jean-Pierre Bacri and Jean-Paul Rouve with Eric Toledano . In 2019, directed the comedy film " Hors normes " co-starring Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb . In 2020, co-directed the TV series "Therapy" with Pierre Salvadori and Eric Toledano .   

    Character Evaluation

    The plot of the movie "Intouchables" could easily fall into Hollywood-style clichés, but the directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, who directed the film, succeeded in getting the film to avoid this situation. They opposed the two in the film. The complementary protagonist has found a perfect balance   . Moreover, he well grasped the contradiction between the development of the story and the identity of the protagonist, and used this as a breakthrough to show people the beauty of human nature from life, without using too much high-tech effects, and no hot fighting scenes to attract people. People's eyeballs   . At the same time, he used his fine film techniques to the fullest in this film. The lighting design is very elegant, and the gentle lighting highlights the warm and lonely hearts of the two protagonists Film Literature review). 
    Extended Reading

    The Intouchables quotes

    • [repeated line]

      Elisa: Leave me alone.

    • Philippe: [Driss shaves François beard turning into a weird mustache] Oh, it's awful.

      [moments later, it's turned into a old-fashioned mustache]

      Philippe: I look like my grandpa.

      Driss: Okay. Let me shave the rest off.

      Philippe: [François now has a Hitler mustache] No, come on.

      Driss: That's not funny, no?

      Philippe: Don't you mean "nein"?

      [does a German gibberish, they both laugh later on]