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Essay / Analysis of the film Intouchables - 1275
It can be said that Philippe is clearly better than Driss in today's society, given the stereotype that rich and intelligent people are better than those who live on the streets. However, in Intouchables, this doesn't stop the main characters from forming a friendship. Driss is the one Philippe needs. He wants changes and with Driss as his caregiver, he can feel that everything would take on a new meaning. However, we can clearly see the social class differences in the scenes where a black boy from the street teaches the white aristocrat how to smoke weed or become a prostitute. “This film dates from the 1930s, when it was thought that black men had no culture and spent their time laughing at everything,” said philosopher Jean-Jacques Delfour after criticizing the film for the daily newspaper Release. The opera scene, where all the rich people are sitting with their serious faces, and then there is Driss, a man who doesn't understand how anyone can look seriously at someone who dresses like a tree and sings in front of the public. Moreover, when Yvonne, Philippe's helper, finds knives and other equipment that