Opening a door into the world of teenagers and young adults who are profoundly autistic, THE SPECIALS is based on Toledano and Nakache’s real-life friendship with its subjects -- two Vincent Cassel delivers one of his finest performances as Bruno, who has given his life over to the company he founded to care for autistic children and adolescents. Reda Kateb is his ally, Malik, who runs “Le Relais IDF” which trains up youngsters from deprived areas to be their carers.  Bruno is based on Stephane Benhamou, whom Toledano and Nakache first met 25 years ago and who has cared for an autistic member of Toledano’s own family. Malik is Daoud Tatou, who the film-makers first encountered when they made a short film trying to raise funds for Stephane. In 2015, Toledano and Nakache made a short documentary on this odd couple – one a Jew, the other a Muslim – called We Should Make A Film About It. And now they have.