A Self Made Hero

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A Self Made Hero (Un héros très discret)
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Written by Jacques Audiard
Alain Le Henry
Jean-François Deniau (novel)
Starring Mathieu Kassovitz
Albert Dupontel
Release date(s) 1996 (15 May),
Running time 107 minutes
Country France
Language French

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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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] 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

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