Éric TOLEDANO
They first worked together on the short film Les Petits Souliers (1999), selected for the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, before making early features together including Let′s Be Friends (2004), Those Happy Days (2006), and Tellement Proches (2009). The Intouchables (2011) became a worldwide box-office phenomenon, drawing 19 million admissions in France alone and over 34 million more internationally. They followed with Samba (2014) and C′est la vie! (2017), which received ten César Award nominations, and The Specials (2019), which received a standing ovation after its out-of-competition screening at Cannes and went on to win the 2020 César des Lycéens. They also worked across formats with the TV series En Thérapie (2021–2022), broadcast on Arte, and the talk show Les Rencontres du Papotin (2022), which aired on France 2 before its format was exported to more than 30 countries. Following A Difficult Year (2023), their ninth feature, Just an Illusion, screened in Perlak, the non-competitive showcase section for outstanding films at the 2026 San Sebastián Film Festival.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
