“Intouchables,” July 15, 2013 (2011), DVD (Montreal). We both really enjoyed this based-on-a-true-story of a quadriplegic French aristocrat and the street-wise African immigrant helper he hires as a personal aid. Warm, touching, funny, and only a little of the “Magic Negro”. In the end, much more about class and attitude than about race and that’s what rescues the film. It’s well worth watching, with excellent work by both principles and character actors, and especially Francois Cluzet as Philippe, the rich, intellectual aristo, and Omar Sy as Driss, the employee-become-friend who gets him to reengage with life and also learns about himself