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A Self Made Hero

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A Self Made Hero (1997)

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Reviews Counted:6

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Rotten:2

Average Rating:5.9/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: After the liberation of France, a salesman with a proclivity for fibbing begins his life anew with a fully fabricated identity--that of a daring Resistance hero, based on library research and the... After the liberation of France, a salesman with a proclivity for fibbing begins his life anew with a fully fabricated identity--that of a daring Resistance hero, based on library research and the war yarns of an old Army captain. But his performance so captivates the French upper crust that he's soon way over his head--and holding a key ambassadorial position. A gently comic take on the human need to reinvent oneself, with the lightest satirical touch. [More]

Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Albert Dupontel

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

Director: Jacques Audiard

Director: Jacques Audiard
Producer: Patrick Godeau
Screenwriter: Alain Le Henry, Jacques Audiard

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May 12, 1998

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Clever as the commentary may be, you simply don't care what happens to the protagonist.

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The first half of the film is hopelessly muddled with the latter half being relatively better.

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