A Self-Made Hero Movie Review 1995

Albert Delhousse (Kassovitz) is a young Frenchman who manages to avoid military service in WWII. His one great talent is his confidence and his ability as a salesman. So, with some help from a true freedom fighter known as the Captain (Dupontel), he sells himself as a hero of the Resistance in 1945 Paris and manages to do so very effectively for the rest of his life. Kassovitz does an excellent job as the assured imposter. Based on the novel by Jean-Francoise Deniau; French with subtitles.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Postwar, Paris, Comedy Drama, Mistaken Identity

Screenplay

Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Albert Dupontel, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nadia Barentin

Cinematography

Jean-Marc Fabre

Director

Jacques Audiard

Music

Alexandre Desplat

Producer

Patrick Godeau, Strand Releasing