The Upside Movie True Story. Since the upside is loosely based on a true story, it may just change your attitude about the world around you by reminding you that good things can happen to those who least expect it. It’s easy to see such a setup as contrived and slightly offensive — even if it’s “based on a true story.
The guardian reported that the upside is loosely based on a true story, which first told in a 2001 french book called le second souffle (the second wind), written by philippe pozzo di borgo. A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him. The upside shows us what can happen when one person chooses to believe in the potential of another.
It was clear watching it back then that someone, someday would take that movie, remake it in english, populate it with hollywood stars and cash in on this.
He had been distracted by thoughts of the workers he had laid off and hadn’t been paying enough attention to what he was doing. It’s easy to see such a setup as contrived and slightly offensive — even if it’s “based on a true story. He had been distracted by thoughts of the workers he had laid off and hadn’t been paying enough attention to what he was doing. Since the upside is loosely based on a true story, it may just change your attitude about the world around you by reminding you that good things can happen to those who least expect it.