Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo And Abdel Sellou

Sellou a wisecracking unemployed immigrant just out on parole.

Philippe pozzo di borgo and abdel sellou. Philippe pozzo di borgo and abdel sellou documentary. Footage of abdel helping philippe is shown including abdel lifting him into a car helping him eat and pushing him in his chair. Abdel sellou r and philippe pozzo di borgo that s when he hired abdel sellou an ex con man as his carer despite him stealing a faberge egg during his job interview. Abdel sellou and philippe pozzo di borgo were two people marginalized by society.

The story of philippe and his algerian attendant abdel sallou was told in a 2003 documentary a la vie à la mort. 10 the real life philippe was descended from french aristocrats. That may be true but in any case what i am certain of is that he changed mine mirror online. Pozzo a man born to wealth and privilege recently paralyzed from the neck down after a paragliding accident.

Money is not an issue but that s. Abdel was 21 at the time while philippe was 42. On sale february 6 2018. I didn t want him feeling sorry for me.

Ahead of the movie s release on blu ray here s how the film stacks up against the original in terms of factual accuracy. The two became unlikely. This documentary includes interviews with quadriplegic philippe pozzo di borgo and his caretaker abdel sellou. Philippe di borgo became a diabetic quadriplegic in 1993 following a paragliding accident.

In 1995 he hired abdel sellou the author of this book as his life auxiliary or caregiver. Abdel sellou who is renamed dell and portrayed by kevin hart in the movie worked as philippe pozzo di borgo s caregiver for ten years. The documentary is in french but even if you don t speak the language there s plenty that is conveyed visually about the positive impact that the two men had on each other. In 1993 french businessman and noble philippe pozzo di borgo was severely injured in a paragliding accident becoming a quadriplegic.

Pozzo said in an interview. People who are full of good intentions just kill you philippe went on to say. Because of his disability he attempted to commit suicide by wrapping an oxygen tube around his neck. It s all based partly on the true story quadriplegic millionaire philippe pozzo di borgo and his former aid abdel sellou.

According to his memoirs i have changed his life philippe stated. The real life chronicle of abdel sellou a young algerian swindler struggling to find his way through life and philippe pozzo di borgo his tetraplegic employer who leads him down a surprising new path captivated millions in the 2011 film sensation intouchables.