The Specials

Original title: Hors normes

2019
1h 54m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

12K

YOUR RATING

Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb in The Specials (2019)

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Comedy Drama

The story of two men, educators of children and adolescents with autism.The story of two men, educators of children and adolescents with autism.The story of two men, educators of children and adolescents with autism.

Directors
- Olivier Nakache
- Éric Toledano
Writers
- Éric Toledano
- Olivier Nakache
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

12K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Olivier Nakache
- Éric Toledano
Writers
- Éric Toledano
- Olivier Nakache
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
The story is heavily inspired by the lives of two men, Stéphane Benhamou and Daoud Tatou, each running an association devoted to helping young autistic people which the system cannot handle.

Connections
Referenced in Ça commence aujourd'hui: Leur combat contre l'autisme (2019)

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Brilliantly 'non-Hollywoodlistic' portrayal of a societal issue at large

This is definitely one of the better films of the year. The plot is brilliantly non-Hollywoodlistic in terms of no major narrational jumps or peaks, but instead situates itself as almost daily depiction of the life of Bruno, Malik and the rest. Whilst dealing with difficult societal issues it, in classic french drama-style uses humour and feel-good scenes to highlight certain issues, but the overall feeling left after watching the film is that it does so to perfection.