The upside : a memoir
Sellou, Abdel, 1971-2019
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The story of how Abdel Sellou (a charismatic ex-con) came to be the caretaker of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo (a paralysed French aristocrat) inspired the award-winning French movie 'Les Intouchables' (2012), which became an international phenomenon and broke records as one of the most successful French movies of all time. Now, 'The Upside,' the American remake of 'Les Intouchables,' starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, and Nicole Kidman is released in 2019. Abdel Sellou and Philippe Pozzo di Borgo were two people marginalised by society: Sellou a wisecracking, unemployed immigrant, just out on parole; Pozzo a man born to wealth and privilege, recently paralysed from the neck down after a paragliding accident. How they came to help each other, and the unlikely friendship that became a lifeline for them both, is an uplifting story that's now been told and retold around the world.
Main title:
The upside : a memoir / Abdel Sellou ; preface by Philippe Pozzo di Borgo ; in collaboration with Caroline Andrieu ; translated by Lauren Sentuc.
Author:
Sellou, Abdel, 1971-, author
Imprint:
London : Seven Dials, 2019.
Collation:
xvi, 224 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Film tie-in.This translation originally published: as You changed my life. New York: Weinstein Books, 2012.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781841883540 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
944.084092B SEL
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1193204