With sign language and subtitles. A Very Able Man
Michel Gillibert was a young, highly successful businessman until a helicopter crash in 1979 left him permanently disabled. Now he is an active campaigner for the handicapped - a role he would not have contemplated before his accident. As
France's Minister for Disabled
People, he is in conflict with French employers over a new quota system which forces them to employ disabled people or pay a tax. Gillibert argues that employers' natural philanthropy must be encouraged by the rule of law - and he wants to see such laws enforced across Europe.