Before watching this film, I have heard of many of the records it has set, including surpassing "Titanic" to become the box office champion in French film history, and the box office rebound after nine consecutive weeks of box office champions, etc. After watching it, I found out that maybe only French people have extraordinary feelings for this film, because the whole story is really an indescribable, laughing pain for France.
This is a movie based on true events. The possibility of this real event happening is too small, but the root cause of this event is rooted in the hearts of every French person. How a down-and-out black guy changes is not the point, nor is how a paralyzed disabled person faces life, or even how sparks collide between the two—in fact, in stories like "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman". We've seen so many stories like this in the movies of the 1980s - the important thing is that when this disabled man is French and this down-to-earth guy is from Senegal, everything seems so special.
The previous understanding of Senegal was only the dark horse known as the "France Second Team" in the 2002 World Cup, only that the two countries were closely linked. Today, I specially checked the relationship between France and Senegal, and found that it is far more complicated than expected. Senegal seems to have become a French outpost in Africa, and everything in Senegal is related to France. But under such a close relationship of national interests, there seem to be too many contradictions that are difficult to resolve between the ordinary people of the two countries.
Like the protagonist of the film, Dries, a Senegalese black from the suburbs, the only intersection between everything before him and the "French" is in the relief center, and the life of the noble Philip's family cannot have anything to do with him; on the other hand, After experiencing all kinds of injuries, Philip just wanted to find a servant who could treat him as an equal with normal people, but the person he was looking for was a Senegalese boy - this is not the script of the film, but a true story. Life is sometimes more ironic than movies. Only by truly treating each other as equals can we overcome all issues of race, status, age and belief. This may also be a footnote to the title "Untouchable".
To extend it a little further, everyone has to face their own loneliness, fear, pride and anger. If you can't find a suitable way to solve these things, then find someone who treats you as an equal. Face it. People are not perfect, but it is because of this that they have the instinct to communicate, because in another person, you can often touch the most authentic self - the premise is that you should treat that person as yourself.
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