A Self Made Hero

A Self Made Hero

Infobox Film
name = A Self Made Hero ("Un héros très discret")


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director = Jacques Audiard
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writer = Jacques Audiard Alain Le Henry Jean-François Deniau (novel)
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starring = Mathieu Kassovitz Albert Dupontel
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released = 1996 (15 May),
runtime = 107 minutes
country = France
language = French
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"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.

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 lives we invent are the most beautiful) 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.

Awards

* 1996 : Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival
* 1996 : Best Screenplay at the Stockholm Film Festival
* 1996 : Silver Spike at the Valladolid International Film Festival

Cast

* Mathieu Kassovitz : Albert Dehousse
* Albert Dupontel : Dionnet
* Anouk Grinberg : Servane
* Sandrine Kiberlain : Yvette
* Nadia Barentin : General's wife
* Bernard Bloch : Ernst
* François Chattot : Louvier
* Philippe Duclos : Caron
* Danièle Lebrun : Madame Dehousse
* Armand de Baudry d'Asson : Englishman
* Wilfred Benaïche : Nervoix
* Clotilde Mollet : Odette
* François Berléand : Monsieur Jo
* Jean-Louis Trintignant : Albert Dehousse (old)
* Bruno Putzulu : Meyer

External links

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* [http://cinema.aliceadsl.fr/film/default.aspx?filmid=FI006547 A Self Made Hero] at Alice Cinéma (French)


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