Palouse French Film Festival: The Intouchables

A celebration of recent French and Francophone cinema returns for a fifth edition this fall, under a new name but with the same mix of fascinating films and university-community conviviality that audiences have come to expect. The Palouse French Film Festival is presented once again through the combined efforts of the language departments at Washington State University and the University of Idaho, and the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow. Every Tuesday evening in October, Moscow?s downtown theater will be presenting the 2014 Palouse Festival, made possible with the support of loyal partner units at UI and WSU, as well as The Wine Company of Moscow. Films will begin at 7:00 p.m. In addition, on October 7 and October 28, there will be opening and closing receptions, beginning at 6:00 p.m. on October 7 and 6:30 p.m. on October 28. The Intouchables/Intouchables In Paris, the aristocratic and intellectual Philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his red-haired secretary Magalie. Out of the blue, the rude African Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit. Philippe challenges Driss, offering him a trial period of one month to gain experience helping him. Then Driss can decide whether he would like to stay with him or not. Driss accepts the challenge and moves to the mansion, changing the boring life of Phillipe and his employees.