Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
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Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano are French filmmakers, best known for directing the films Those Happy Days and The Intouchables (2011).
Early life
Nakache and Toledano are both Jewish.[1]
Nakache was born to Jewish migrant parents from Algeria. His sister is actress and director Géraldine Nakache.[citation needed]
Éric Toledano was born to Jewish migrant parents from Morocco.[2][failed verification]
Career
Nakache and Toledano collaborated several times before directing The Intouchables (2011), which became one of the greatest box office successes in French film history[3] and for which they were nominated for several awards, including three Cesar Awards. They have collaborated several times with actor Omar Sy, most recently with the 2014 film Samba.
Their 2019 film The Specials stars Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb.[4] The film shows Parisians from many different groups in society making connections with each other through their work with autistic children and young people.[5]
Nakache and Toledano directed En thérapie, the French version of the Israeli series BeTipul, created by Hagai Levi, about a psychologist and his patients. It debuted on Arte TV in January 2021, starring Frédéric Pierrot, Mélanie Thierry, Reda Kateb, Clémence Poésy, Pio Marmaï, and Carole Bouquet. The series is set in the aftermath of the Bataclan attack in 2015.[5] A second season was aired from April 2022,[6] with each series comprising 35 episodes.[7][8] The show aired on SBS Television in Australia as In Therapy.[9]
Filmography
References
- ^ "Visiting French film duo 'untouched' by anti-Semitism". The Times of Israel.
- ^ Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache - The Intouchables Interview. 6:30: YouTube. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Bosio, Alice (9 January 2012). "Intouchables réussira-t-il à battre les Ch'tis ?". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2019-01-18). "Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano's 'The Specials' Already a Gaumont Sales Hit (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ a b "French version of Israeli show 'BeTipul' debuts as 'En Thérapie'". The Jerusalem Post. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Sotinel, Thomas (4 April 2022). "'In Therapy,' Season 2: The psychiatrist and the pandemic". Le Monde. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ En thérapie at IMDb
- ^ "In therapy: the first series of the Toledano / Nakache duo". Do It In Paris. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Myers, Kate (25 November 2021). "'In Therapy', a problem shared is a problem halved". SBS TV Guide. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
External links
- Olivier Nakache at IMDb
- Éric Toledano at IMDb
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