The tale of Bruno and Malik, two friends who have lived for twenty years in a different world: that of autistic children and adolescents. With the support of two non-profit organisations, they train young people to care for cases of severe autism. They therefore create an exceptional association, removed from the traditional environments, for extraordinary characters. The latest feature film from the directors of Intouchables (Untouchable, Official Selection, 2011) and Samba (Official Selection, 2014) closed the Cannes Festival out of competition.
The screenwriter and director tandem, Éric Toledano (Paris, 1971) and Olivier Nakache (Surenes, France. 1973), had already left their mark in the field of short films, particularly when their second work, Les petits souliers (1999), won the Prix du Public at the Paris Film Festival. They later directed the feature films Je préfère qu’on reste amis (Let’s Be Friends, 2005), Nos jours heureux (Those Happy Days, 2006) and Tellement proches (So Happy Together, 2009). They closed the San Sebastian Festival, screening out of competition, with Intouchables (Untouchable, 2011), which went on to enjoy enormous international success and, three years later, with Samba (2014). In 2017 they competed for the Golden Shell with Le sens de la fête (C’est la vie). Hors normes (The Specials) closed the last Cannes Festival.