The Intouchables Selected to Represent France at the Oscars
Posted September 18, 2012 10:24 PM by Webmaster
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's comedy Intouchables a.k.a The Intouchables will be France's official entry at next year's foreign language Oscars. The decision was made earlier today by a committee overseen by the country's National Cinema Centre (CNC).
Last week, Unifrance, an organization promoting French Cinema throughout the world, announced that The Intouchables had overtaken Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie at the international box office as the most viewed French-language film in history.
In the U.S., The Intouchables is distributed by The Weinstein Company.
In France, the film is already out on Blu-ray courtesy of local distributors TF1 Video. (See our listing here).
This is the definition of crowd-pleaser, yet I don't see it getting an Academy Award nomination. There must be way better movies somewhere in the world. Then again, The Blind Side was nominated for Best Picture.
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's comedy Intouchables a.k.a The Intouchables will be France's official entry at next year's foreign language Oscars. The decision was made earlier today by a committee overseen by the country's National Cinema Centre (CNC). 
