"Sometimes you have to reach into someone else's world to find out what's missing in your own."

2011

1h 53m

8.3(17982 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

Acting

François Cluzet

Philippe

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Omar Sy

Driss

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Anne Le Ny

Yvonne

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Audrey Fleurot

Magalie

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Joséphine de Meaux

La DRH société de courses

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Clotilde Mollet

Marcelle

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Alba Gaïa Bellugi

Elisa

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Cyril Mendy

Adama

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Salimata Kamate

Fatou

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Absa Diatou Toure

Mina

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Grégoire Oestermann

Antoine

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Dominique Daguier

Ami Philippe

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François Caron

Ami Philippe

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Christian Ameri

Albert

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Thomas Solivérès

Bastien

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Dorothée Brière

Eléonore

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Marie-Laure Descoureaux

Femme de chambre

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Émilie Caen

Galeriste

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Sylvain Lazard

Nouvel auxiliaire 1

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Jean-François Cayrey

Nouvel auxiliaire 2

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Ian Fenelon

Candidat

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Renaud Barse

Candidat

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François Bureloup

Candidat

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Nicky Marbot

Policier

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Benjamin Baroche

Policier

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Jérôme Pauwels

Voisin mal garé

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Antoine Laurent

Voisin mal garé

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Fabrice Mantegna

Chanteur opéra

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Hedi Bouchenafa

Garagiste

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Caroline Bourg

Fred

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Michel Winogradoff

Serveur des Deux Magots

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Kévin Wamo

Ami Driss

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Elliot Latil

Lycéen

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Alain Anthony

Pilote parapente

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Directing

Dominique Henry

Pilote parapente

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Philippe Le Fevre

Chef d'orchestre

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Yun-Ping He

Passerby (uncredited)

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Pierre-Laurent Barneron

Butler (uncredited)

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