For 20 years, in Paris, Bruno (Vincent Cassel) and Malik (Reda Kats) are in charge of La Voie des Justes and L’Escale, two associations that aim to work with autistic children and teenagers to help them enter. world of work. Their sometimes confusing everyday life is full of unexpected events and unusual encounters.
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From Tellement Proches to Untouchables through Samba and Nos Jours Heureux, French filmmakers Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (who have worked together since the beginning) have been able to inject a real identity throughout their cinematography by offering a systematically unified, socially engaged approach to their cinema. and deeply human works.
At times funny and delightful, at times infuriating, Hors Normes lives up to that lineage and, like its predecessors, brilliantly exploits the greatest qualities of its two filmmakers: the ability to create group spirit, group dynamics, playful emulation. Between several people who a priori are completely opposed.
After the Tellement Proches family, Nos Jours Heureux summer camp and Sens de la Fête caterers, Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache are this time interested in the associative sector related to people with disabilities. The world is often unknown, but the soil is rich enough for their magic to work once more.
Result ? Average audience rating of 4,247 out of 5 stars, making Hors Normes the highest rated French film you can find on Netflix, but also the second highest rated film of Toledano and Nakache’s career (only behind Intouchables and its 4,377 star rating from 5).
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