A Self-Made Hero

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-09-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1991 Reviews)

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Genres:

Drama Comedy

Cast:

Mathieu Kassovitz Anouk Grinberg Sandrine Kiberlain Jean-Louis Trintignant

Writer:

Jean-Franèois Deniau (novel)

Alain Le Henry

Jacques Audiard

Fullplot:

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he inveigles himself with the resistance movement. They trust him and he helps them trace collaborators.

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