Philippe eventually settled in Essaouira, Morocco, with his second wife Khadija. Upon meeting him, they deduced that they were going in the right direction by creating a comedy-drama. To this day, Abdel and Philippe have remained in touch as Abdel travels each year to Morocco to pay a visit to his friend.
Pozzo di Borgo is still an art connoisseur and has launched his own collection of contemporary art. Nishan Chakrabartty. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit Email. Loading Comments And in an ironic twist of fate worthy of Harlequin, Philippe would later meet his second wife in, you guessed it, Morocco.
The two parted ways after finding their respective sweethearts, and no such argument occurred between the two as it had in the film. Abdel moved back to Algeria with his wife and Philippe continued to live in Morocco.
The two remain in close contact, and to this day, Abdel continues to make it a priority to take the long flight from Algeria to Morocco at least once a year, just to visit his friend and former boss. David Chiodaroli is a writer and aspiring novelist from the old line state. He recently graduated from the University of Baltimore, where he contributed to the student run journal, the UB Post.
He has also published selected pieces of short work in the literary magazines of both UB and Anne Arundel Community College, respectively. The True Story. By David Chiodaroli Published Mar 28, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics Lists the upside. David Chiodaroli 55 Articles Published David Chiodaroli is a writer and aspiring novelist from the old line state. At the time he was hired, Abdel was 21 and Philippe Abdel had no intentions of sticking around long helping a disabled person and his ailing wife.
Abdel even stole a Faberge egg during his job interview. As indicated by the photos at the top, Nicole Kidman's character in the movie, Yvonne, is based on Philippe Pozzo di Borgo's real-life female assistant, Laurence Landouc'h pictured below, right. The affection and budding romance between Yvonne and Bryan Cranston's character in the movie is fictional.
In his memoir, Philippe never mentions that their relationship was anything more than professional. I need a guy crazy enough not to be afraid of the situation. He's afraid of nothing at all, and very strong, available, and extremely generous. So he was the best person we could imagine. After interviewing around 90 people, like in the movie, Philippe knew immediately that Abdel was the one.
I needed him. And he became a friend afterwards. Like in The Upside movie, they also shared a similar sense of humor. While both men are short with relatively square faces, Philippe's real-life caretaker, Abdel Sellou, is an Algerian Muslim, not a black American. Like his onscreen counterpart, Abdel was indeed hot-tempered and accustomed to solving disputes with his fists, something that he has since given up.
At 4, he was sent to Paris to live with relatives. By age 10, he was stealing and trying to extort his schoolmates. He spent his time coming up with ways to steal from the tourists who roamed the streets of Paris. In answering the question, "How accurate is The Upside movie? This means that in real life, Philippe's first wife was alive for almost three years after his caretaker, Abdel Sellou, was hired in So, that's one stupid thing I accepted from him. Many of the wild things that Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart's characters do in the movie were inspired by the real-life exploits of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and his caretaker Abdel Sellou.
Together, they made a game of speeding through Paris in Philippe's Rolls-Royce until the police pulled them over. Abdel would then explain that the reason they were speeding was because Philippe was having a seizure. Not only didn't they get a ticket, the police would escort them to the closest hospital. Another thing Abdel did was have Philippe's wheelchair modified so that it was capable of going as fast as 9mph, with Abdel riding on the back like Kevin Hart's character does in the movie.
The chair had a wing mirror and an onboard computer that allowed Philippe to execute a variety of tasks, including opening windows and using his phone.
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