The Untouchables: Take a break at 32 minutes and take a good look at this panel

The Intouchables is the 3rd biggest theatrical success in French cinema history in 2011 with 19.47 million admissions. Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s film made Omar Sy an undisputed star opposite Francois Clouz in his role. And yet, the film is not perfect: proof!

To recall, Intouchables tells the story of Philippe, a rich paraplegic aristocrat, and Driss, a young man from the suburbs whom he hires as a house help on a date and who has just been released from prison. Their meeting will begin as a clash of cultures and turn into a unique friendship that will make them…untouchable!

If you pause at 19 minutes and 15 seconds into the movie, you can see that Philip’s house (F. Clouzet) has two no-parking signs that say “day and night”:

However, for the purposes of the so-called “Patrick Juve” scene, when an unscrupulous driver stops in front of the entrance to the same Philip’s palace and prevents him from driving out. Driss’s blood boils and he “shakes” the assailant knowing that his behavior is problematic. But this time the inscription on the panel has changed!

We are in the 32nd minute of the movie and now it says “Please do not stop – protected area”. The panel was therefore changed for close-up and dialogue purposes, as the car driver played by Jerome Pauwels is forced to read a panel that would have been much shorter and less clear with the simple words “day and night”. “. A small mistake that the camera crew couldn’t avoid and that you can’t see unless you’re very, very careful.

The global success of “Untouchables” was such that an incredible number of remakes, including the American one, whose script was approved by the Toledano-Nacache duo. Titled The Upside, it stars comics Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, Malcolm and Breaking Bad helmed by Neil Burger (Limitless, Divergent). Other remakes have also appeared, notably in India, Argentina and South Korea.