| A Self Made Hero (Un héros très discret) | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Audiard |
| Produced by | Françoise Galfré Patrick Godeau |
| Written by | Jacques Audiard Alain Le Henry Jean-François Deniau (novel) |
| Based on | Un héros très discret by Jean-François Deniau |
| Starring | Mathieu Kassovitz Albert Dupontel |
| Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography | Jean-Marc Fabre |
| Editing by | Juliette Welfling |
| Release date(s) | May 15, 1996 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
A Self Made Hero (French: Un héros très discret) is a 1996 French film directed by Jacques Audiard. It is based on the novel by Jean-François Deniau.
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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 Paris where heroes are truly celebrated.
"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.
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