A Self Made Hero
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A Self Made Hero is a 1996 French film directed by Jacques Audiard
. It is based on the novel
by Jean-François Deniau
.
where heroes are truly celebrated.
Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet...
. It is based on the novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Jean-François Deniau
Jean-François Deniau
Jean-François Deniau was a French statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist. He was until 1998 a member of the UDF .-Minister and diplomat:...
.
Synopsis
Albert Dehousse has grown up on heroic novels, unfortunately his life isn't quite so exciting. Albert lives in a village in Northern France with his mother, who lives in memory of her husband, who she claims died a hero in the First World War. World War Two passes the pair by, as Albert is not called up as he is the only child of a war widow, denying him of his chance to become a hero. Having married the daughter of a member of the resistance, he leaves his family and his marriage for ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
where heroes are truly celebrated.
About the Film
"Les vies les plus belles sont celles qu’on s’invente", (the most beautiful lives are those we invent) announces an older Albert Dehousse at the beginning of the film. Un héros très discret is a film which investigates the divide between fantasy and reality.Awards and nominations
- Cannes Film Festival1996 Cannes Film Festival-Jury:*Francis Ford Coppola *Nathalie Baye *Greta Scacchi, actrice *Michael Ballhaus *Henry Chapier *Atom Egoyan *Eiko Ishioka *Krzysztof Piesiewicz *Antonio Tabucchi...
(France)- Won: Best ScreenplayBest Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)The Best Screenplay Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival...
(Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry) - Nominated: Golden Palm (Jacques Audiard)
- Won: Best Screenplay
- César Awards (France)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Albert Dupontel)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Sandrine Kiberlain)
- Nominated: Best DirectorCésar Award for Best DirectorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Jacques Audiard) - Nominated: Best EditingCésar Award for Best EditingThe César Award for Best Editing is one of the annual César Awards given by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. Eligible films are usually in the French language.-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:...
(Juliette Welfling) - Nominated: Best Music (Alexandre Desplat)
- Nominated: Best WritingCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
(Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry)
- Stockholm Film Festival (Sweden)
- Won: Best Screenplay (Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry)
- Nominated: Bronze Horse
- Valladolid Film Festival (Spain)
- Won: Silver Spike (Jacques Audiard)
- Nominated: Golden SpikeGolden spikeThe "Golden Spike" is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory...
(Jacques Audiard)
Cast
- Mathieu KassovitzMathieu KassovitzMathieu Kassovitz is a French director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for his Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company....
: Albert Dehousse - Albert DupontelAlbert DupontelAlbert Dupontel is a French actor and film director. He started his career as a stand-up comedian...
: Dionnet - Anouk Grinberg : Servane
- Sandrine KiberlainSandrine KiberlainSandrine Kiberlain is a French actress and singer. She has often worked with the director Laetitia Masson, and has also worked with Benoît Jacquot.Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995...
: Yvette - Nadia BarentinNadia BarentinNadia Barentin was a French actress, known for theater and film roles, including Les Blessures assassines in 2000. She was nominated for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress for Monsieur Klebs et Rosalie in 1993.Barentin died on March 22, 2011, at the age of 74.-External links:...
: General's wife - Bernard BlochBernard Bloch----Bernard Bloch, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., was an American linguist.He is one of the post-Bloomfieldian linguists.He taught at Brown University and Yale University.- Literary works :...
: Ernst - François Chattot : Louvier
- Philippe Duclos : Caron
- Danièle Lebrun : Madame Dehousse
- Armand de Baudry d'Asson : Englishman
- Wilfred Benaïche : Nervoix
- Clotilde Mollet : Odette
- François BerléandFrançois BerléandFrançois Berléand is a French actor.Berléand was born in Paris, France of . He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, the French version of The Office, produced by Canal+. He released a book about his childhood in 2006, Le fils de l'homme invisible...
: Monsieur Jo - Jean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:...
: Albert Dehousse (old) - Bruno PutzuluBruno PutzuluBruno Putzulu is a French actor, born on May 24, 1967 in Toutainville in Eure.- Biography :Originally Sardinian by his father, Bruno was born and raised in Toutainville. He likes football, however it chose an acting career...
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External links
- A Self Made Hero at Alice Cinéma (French)