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

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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

Videos3

Trailer 1:50

Trailer [English SUB]

Photos49

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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

10/10

A deeply moving film

This is a deeply moving film, dealing with a difficult subject - autism - in a no-holds-bared fashion. The acting is first rate. The story is admirably structured. I was surprised when it ended, which means it moved right along. The audience I saw it with was left speechless at the end, and for good reason.

This is NOT a feel-good movie in the American sense. But it is a deeply humane movie, with real people and not flat stereotypes. It should earn a lot of very deserved awards.