I Stand Alone (1998)

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93 min - Crime | Drama - 17 February 1999 (France)

7.4

Ratings: 7.4/10 from 6,349 users
Reviews: 95 user | 41 critic

A horse meat butcher's life and mind begins to breakdown as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Philippe Nahon	...	The Butcher
	Blandine Lenoir	...	His Daughter, Cynthia
	Frankie Pain	...	His Mistress (as Frankye Pain)
	Martine Audrain	...	His Mother-in-Law
	Jean-François Rauger	...	Real Estate Agent
	Guillaume Nicloux	...	Supermarket Manager
	Olivier Doran	...	Narrator
	Aïssa Djabri	...	Dr. Choukroun
	Serge Faurie	...	Hospital Director
	Paule Abecassis	...	Junkie
	Stéphanie Sec	...	Female Hospital Patient
	Arlette Balkis	...	Dying Lady
	Frédéric Pfohl	...	Male Hospital Patient
	Gil Bertharion Jr.	...	Bus Driver
	Rado	...	Hotel Manager

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Storyline

The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and moves to Lille suburbs with his mistress. She promised him a new butcher shop. She lied. The butcher decides to go back to Paris and find his daughter. Written by Pavel Smutny <pavel.smutny.ekf@vsb.cz>

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In the bowels of France

Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

17 February 1999 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Menschenfeind See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$6,955 (USA) (21 March 1999) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$54,735 (USA) (15 August 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Les Cinémas de la Zone, Love Streams Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The main character tells the manager of the abattoir that he is 50 years old. However, the narration at the start of the movie states that the main character was born in 1939, and the movie is set in 1980, which would make him 40 or 41 years old. See more »

Quotes

[Death Opens No Door: shown in block letters on black screen]
Narrator: Death isn't much of anything in the end. We make such a big deal out of it. But up close, it's like nothing. A body without life, nothing more. People are like animals. You love them, you bury them and then it's over. Still, it's my first time seeing it. Hers too. But she seems all upset. Yet there's nothing to get all mushy over. All right, yeah. I'll walk her home. She looks fragile. Besides... she's pretty.
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"Klavier"
By Jean-Marc Willa-Roza See more »

I Stand Alone (1998)
Seul contre tous (original title)

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