A Self-Made Hero

Name: A Self-Made Hero
Director: Jacques Audiard
Released: 1996
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Albert Dupontel

1996 · 107 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 3,411 VOTES · DIR. Jacques Audiard

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,324 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:34 I'll tell you a story.

00:04:40 I've done my best.

00:08:02 He learned new words - front-wheel drive, Popular Front, paid holidays -

00:11:35 "Boris stopped himself. He felt ashamed.

00:14:26 For me, too.

00:18:06 The first English soldier rode through Lambersart

00:23:09 Do you want a lift?

00:26:36 What can I get you next?

00:30:27 LET'S NOT GRUMBLE...

00:34:05 That's the secret.

00:37:29 maybe you never will.

00:42:38 Where do you live, Mr Dehousse? Near the Army School. It's handy.

00:47:13 I'll say they're not!

00:51:56 You could hear a pin drop.

00:55:00 and two weeks ahead of his plan, Albert joined the French Resistance.

00:58:35 You won't need it.

01:03:02 But I'd like an office on the courtyard.

01:06:42 to run the intelligence and propaganda service

01:11:29 What did your work consist of?

01:16:16 Are you releasing them?

01:19:41 Do you really have to?

01:23:39 Shall I say it now?

01:28:20 I have one, too.

01:35:34 Yvette had finally tracked him down.

Cast & Characters

Mathieu Kassovitz Albert Dehousse Anouk Grinberg Servane Sandrine Kiberlain Yvette Jean-Louis Trintignant Albert Dehousse (old) Albert Dupontel Dionnet Nadia Barentin The General's Wife Bernard Bloch Ernst François Chattot Louvier Philippe Duclos Caron Danièle Lebrun Madame Dehousse

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,324

Dialogue density12.4 lines / min

First line00:00:34

Final line01:35:34

Production Record

DirectorJacques Audiard

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes3,411