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A Self-Made Hero

Original title: Un héros très discret
  • 19961996
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 47m
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7.2/10
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A Self-Made Hero (1996)
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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... Read allSet 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 collaborator... Read allSet 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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    • Jacques Audiard
    • Jean-François Deniau(novel)
    • Alain Le Henry
    • Jacques Audiard
  • Stars
    • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Anouk Grinberg
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Jacques Audiard
    • Jean-François Deniau(novel)
    • Alain Le Henry
    • Jacques Audiard
  • Stars
    • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Anouk Grinberg
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
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    • 8User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
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    Mathieu Kassovitz
    Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Albert Dehousse
    Anouk Grinberg
    Anouk Grinberg
    • Servane
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Yvette
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Albert Dehousse (old)
    Albert Dupontel
    Albert Dupontel
    • Dionnet
    Nadia Barentin
    • The General's Wife
    Bernard Bloch
    • Ernst
    François Chattot
    • Louvier
    Philippe Duclos
    Philippe Duclos
    • Caron
    Danièle Lebrun
    Danièle Lebrun
    • Madame Dehousse
    Armand de Baudry d'Asson
    • Englishman
    Wilfred Benaïche
    • Henry Nervoix
    François Berléand
    François Berléand
    • Monsieur Jo
    Philippe Berodot
    Philippe Berodot
    • Leguen
    Gilles Del Frate
    • The Partisan
    Stefan Elbaum
    • 'Little Versailles' Man 1
    • (as Stéfan Elbaum)
    Marc Ernotte
    • De Vaincourt
    Jérôme Floch
    • Étienne
      • Jacques Audiard
      • Jean-François Deniau(novel)
      • Alain Le Henry
      • Jacques Audiard
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    6/10
    Lacks of tension
    Original in its subject (the story is about a fake hero in the Second World War, but it deals too with the way we all build our everyday masking personality in front of the society)and its form (the film is structured as a mock documentary), "A self-made hero" contains lots of irony and a great performance of Kassovitz. However, even though it didn't want to be a thriller, the plot needed more tension and unfortunately lacks of it. We rarely have the feeling that the main character is going to be discovered and due to that some twists aren't believable at all.
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      • September 12, 1997 (United States)
      • France
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      • Cofimage 7
      • Lumière
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
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