Challenges the position of the "No. 1 box office in French local film" of "Welcome to the North", and "Untouchable" is tantamount to injecting a touch of color into the sluggish French economy. From a formal analysis, they all adopted the classic role setting of "two-person turn": two characters with completely different personalities, but also from different regions and classes, due to cultural background and contextual habits, they collide in a chance encounter. Being both solemn and harmonious, from conflict to understanding, everyone is happy in the end. "Untouchable" selects the racial combination in the real society, the emotions of the white disabled rich man and the black poor carer, because of sincere tolerance, it transcends the deep contradictions that are increasingly cracking in French society. "Untouchable", adapted from real people and real events, sparked a topical discussion in France. Because of the specific time background and audience mentality, the excellent performances of the two actors, in the freezing winter of unemployment and the eve of the hesitant general election, lifted up The topic of concern to the entire society is beyond the universal value of a movie.
In the film, the paralyzed aristocratic wealthy Philip, and the "suburban youth" Delis just released from prison are all victims of this deformed society. If the paths of life are not crossed, perhaps none of them will have a healthy tomorrow. The emotional gradual advancement pave the way for the calm plot of the whole film. "Untouchable" is just a picture of the memory fragments in the book. The friendship between Philip and Delis is the main line, Philip and his pen pal, and Delis and his mother are the secondary lines, which together constitute the full emotion in the whole film. The bits and pieces in life reflect the true waves of the heart. Many clever puns, jokes about current affairs, make the French can not help but laugh; and the conversation between two friends in the middle of the night, Delis looks forward to the cleaner’s mother after get off work, etc. Touch the "tear points" of the audience. Only the first part of the drag racing and the last scene of the film are truly dramatic, and the rest are like the one-man shows and tricks that the male lead and comedy star Omar Hee is good at.
François Cruze’s performance only relied on lines, such as asthma, smoking, shaving.. Such trivial things deepened the friendship between the two of them, and temporarily forgot the dissatisfaction and worries in life, and played like a child in the snow. The feeling of chasing freedom in the sky. The short-term happiness came and left suddenly with Delis’s sudden arrival. This experience is like a black version of "Cinderella", a man version of "Pretty Girl", a youth version of "For Daisy" Miss Driving." Many scenes in the film have obvious contrasts, the warm-toned rich mansions, the cool-toned suburban high-rise buildings, and the two bathrooms of the front and rear are very different, giving people a comedic effect, but behind the laughter are deep contradictions that French society cannot reconcile. . The two directors named the film "Untouchable", which can also be interpreted as "indifferent". This is actually an irony, because everyone has been "touched", bringing the so-called fraternity closer.
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