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A Self-Made Hero

ARCHIVAL 35MM PRINT | PART OF THE CINEMATIC FEVER DREAMS OF JACQUES AUDIARD: A TEN FILM RETROSPECTIVE
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DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard
FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 47m
RATING
NR
CAST
Mathieu Kassovitz, Albert Dupontel
SYNOPSIS

Albert Dehousse longs to be a war hero but is denied military service because his mother is a war widow. When he finds out that his parents were Nazi collaborators, Albert leaves his home to join the French Resistance, passing himself off as a hero despite his sheltered life. 

 

Screening on an archival 35mm print, courtesy of the Sundance Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive

CAST
Mathieu Kassovitz, Albert Dupontel
SYNOPSIS

Albert Dehousse longs to be a war hero but is denied military service because his mother is a war widow. When he finds out that his parents were Nazi collaborators, Albert leaves his home to join the French Resistance, passing himself off as a hero despite his sheltered life. 

 

Screening on an archival 35mm print, courtesy of the Sundance Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive

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