The Intouchables opens with a car chase. Philippe is in the passenger seat. Driss is driving like a maniac. Then it smash-cuts to “Two years earlier.” The script establishes the result before the cause . You already know they’re friends. Then you flashback to their first meeting, which is full of hostility. That contrast is dramatic gold.
Read the PDF’s opera scene. Philippe is moved to tears. Driss laughs at “a singing tree.” The script doesn’t explain why both reactions are valid. It trusts the audience. That’s writing at its finest. i--- The Intouchables Script Pdf