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In 1993, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo is a happy man. He is 42 and life is good to him: he is the managing director of Pommery champagnes; lives in a Paris townhouse; is happily married to Beatrice, his childhood sweetheart, with whom he adopted two children in Bogota, Laetitia and Robert Jean, because a blood disease prevents Beatrice from having children of her own. But misfortune always lurks when it is least expected: on June 23, 1993, disaster strikes--a paraglider accident leaves Philippe quadriplegic. The worst is yet to come: three years later, Beatrice dies of septicaemia. The black hole. Philippe then experiences a miracle in the form of Abdel, a cheeky and boisterous little Arab who pulls the aristocrat out of his lethargy.

France - 2002 - 52 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Director Jean-Pierre Devillers Script Jean-Pierre Devillers, Isabelle Cottenceau Camera Stéphane Bion Sound Nicolas Basselin Editing Jacqueline Inizan

Production MD Productions, 12/14, rue de l'Eglise, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4392 2000 Fax : +33 (0)1 4392 2001 E-mail : mdprod@wanadoo.fr Co-Production France 3

Sales MD Productions, 12/14, rue de l'Eglise, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4392 2000 Fax : +33 (0)1 4392 2001 E-mail : mariejoelle@mdprod.com