1. A Self-Made Hero | Rotten Tomatoes
A very discrete hero...The movie begins with a little tale by Jean-Louis Trintignant which end is "the most beautiful life you can live is the one you invent".
This acclaimed French satire focuses on Albert Dehousse (Mathieu Kassovitz), a restless young man living in a small village, who longs to be a World War II hero but is denied military service because his mother is a war widow. When Albert finds out that his late father wasn't as upstanding as he'd thought, and that his mother has been a Nazi collaborator, he leaves his home and family and heads to Paris to join the French Resistance, passing himself off as a hero despite his sheltered life.
2. A Self-Made Hero movie review (1998) | Roger Ebert
Albert takes him at his word and reinvents himself as a hero of the French Resistance--so successfully that men who really were heroes have tears in their eyes.
"The past only drags you down,'' the Captain advises Albert, who is a beggar at the time. Albert takes him at his word and reinvents himself as a hero of the
3. Review of A Self Made Hero - Film Walrus Reviews
Jul 12, 2009 · The film's sardonic ending montage gives us a dizzying glimpse of the rest of Dehousse's life, one even more cynical and still wholly uncured.
“The most beautiful lives are the ones we invent,” reflects an elderly Albert Dehousse (Mathieu Kassovitz / Jean-Louis Trintignant) as he lo...
4. A Self-Made Hero - Variety
May 16, 1996 · An undistinguished provincial lad insinuates himself into a gleaming life of retroactive heroism by “joining” the French Resistance nine months ...
An undistinguished provincial lad insinuates himself into a gleaming life of retroactive heroism by "joining" the French Resistance nine months after the Allies liberated Paris in "A Self-Made Hero." This sure-footed, deeply ironic comedy about an impostor who rises through the ranks is rock-solid entertainment with an appealing edge.
5. A Self-Made Hero Reviews - Metacritic
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.
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.
6. A Self-Made Hero (1996) - STUDIOCANAL
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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.
8. [PDF] A Self-Made Hero (Un héros très discret)
In 1945, at the end of the European War, France again found itself a ... By 1996 it was over fifty years since the war in Europe had ended – yet it ...
9. A SELF-MADE HERO - Irish Film Institute
An excellent Mathieu Kassovitz stars as Albert, an ordinary, none-too-bright young man who's struggling to survive at the end of World War 2.
This film screened 24th January 2010. This is the film that brought Jacques Audiard international recognition following its triumph at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The most overtly satirical of his movies, it’s a wonderfully imaginative adaptation of the novel... Read More
10. A Self Made Hero de Jacques Audiard (1996) - Unifrance
In the final months of a war that he hasn't fought, in the alien Paris of winter 1944/45, a man decides to become a hero. Or rather to impersonate a hero...
In the final months of a war that he hasn't fought, in the alien Paris of winter 1944/45, a man decides to become a hero. Or rather to impersonate a hero... to invent a better, richer and more admirable life than the one he has. He becomes a virtuoso liar and, via omissions and allusions, builds up a remarkable character. This man, who is in fact someone else and who had nothing, will obtain everything : honours, admiration, friendship, power, love... but for how long...
11. A Self-Made Hero (1996) - Box Office Mojo
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 ...
12. A Self-Made Hero (Un héros très discret) - Cineuropa
Here he is coincidentally forced to order the summary execution of several French defectors to the SS following which he confesses his lies. He is jailed for a ...
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13. A Self-Made Hero (1996) - The Movie Database (TMDB)
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.
14. A Self-Made Hero (1996): Where to Watch and Stream Online | Reelgood
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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15. A Self-Made Hero - Kustendorf Film and Music Festival
Synopsis. In the final months of the Second World War, war that he had not fought, a man decides to become a hero. Or rather to impersonate a hero.
In the final months of the Second World War, war that he had not fought, a man decides to become a hero. Or rather to impersonate a hero. He invents a better, richer and more admirable life than the one…
16. A Self-Made Hero streaming: where to watch online? - JustWatch
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