A Self-Made Hero ( Un Heros Très Discret )

A Self-Made Hero (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Un Heros Très Discret
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Stockholm Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jacques Audiard

Written By:
Jean-François Deniau
Alain Le Henry

Actors:
Mathieu Kassovitz ..... Albert Dehousse
Anouk Grinberg ..... Servane
Sandrine Kiberlain ..... Yvette
Jean-Louis Trintignant ..... Albert Dehousse (old)
Albert Dupontel ..... Dionnet
Nadia Barentin ..... The 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
François Berléand ..... Monsieur Jo
Philippe Berodot ..... Leguen
Gilles Del Frate ..... The Partisan

Synopsis:

Irony abounds in this French comedy that tells the tale of an unsophisticated, rather dim-bulbed country lad who follows the advice of a former French freedom fighter and tries to change himself into a hero of the recently ended French Resistance. Poor Albert is no stranger to deceit. For his first 12-years, his mother led him to believe that his father was a war hero. He is devastated to learn that his father really died of alcoholism. During the war, Albert does all he can to avoid fighting for the Resistance, even though the Nazis control his village. He marries and moves in with his wife's family, innocent of the fact that the whole time he is there, they are concealing downed British fliers. The night their town is freed, Albert leaves for Paris where he meets Dionnet, 'The Captain,' a bona-fide Resistance hero. It is he, who teaches Albert how to successfully change his identity. After much practice and memorization, Albert finally has a new identity and goes to work as a secretary for Mr. Jo, a former double agent. Albert stays in a boarding house, where a resident prostitute teaches him about lovemaking. Meanwhile, Albert becomes recognized as a courageous patriot, a role he manages to sustain only a little while before it all falls apart and the painful truth is finally revealed.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 November, 2008.

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