A Self Made Hero
7.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Jacques Audiard Music director Alexandre Desplat Language French | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Comedy Duration Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Jacques Audiard , Alain Le Henry , Jean-Francois Deniau Release date 15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) Based on Un heros tres discret
by Jean-Francois Deniau Screenplay Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry Cast Mathieu Kassovitz (Albert Dehousse), Anouk Grinberg (Servane), Sandrine Kiberlain (Yvette), Albert Dupontel (Dionnet), Jean-Louis Trintignant (Albert Dehousse (old)), Philippe Nahon (Le général)Similar movies Directed by Jacques Audiard, Mathieu Kassovitz movies, Set in France |
A Self Made Hero (French: Un héros très discret) is a 1996 French film directed by Jacques Audiard. It is based on the novel by Jean-François Deniau.
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Synopsis
Albert Dehousse has grown up on heroic novels, unfortunately his life isn't quite so exciting. Albert lives in a village in Northern France with his mother, who lives in memory of her husband, who she claims died a hero in the First World War. World War Two passes the pair by, as Albert is not called up as he is the only child of a war widow, denying him of his chance to become a hero. Having married the daughter of a member of the resistance, he leaves his family and his marriage for Paris where heroes are truly celebrated.
About the film
"Les vies les plus belles sont celles qu’on s’invente", (the most beautiful lives are those we invent) announces an older Albert Dehousse at the beginning of the film. Un héros très discret is a film which investigates the divide between fantasy and reality.
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