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A Self-Made Hero

A Self-Made Hero

1996 · 107 min · FR · 6.8 (85 votes)
Dir. Jacques Audiard · Starring Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Albert Dupontel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nadia Barentin · Music Alexandre Desplat
DramaWar

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.

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A quiet, introspective drama that slowly unravels a young man's disillusionment. It feels like sifting through old photographs, uncovering uncomfortable truths about family and a world irrevocably changed by war.

melancholicintrospectivesomberhauntingslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivenperiod dramaidentitybetrayalcoming-of-agewar's aftermath
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