
Saturday, December 14 | 3 PM
A Self-Made Hero
ARCHIVAL 35MM PRINT | PART OF THE CINEMATIC FEVER DREAMS OF JACQUES AUDIARD: A TEN FILM RETROSPECTIVE

FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 47m
RATING
NR
DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard
CAST
Mathieu Kassovitz,
Albert Dupontel
SYNOPSIS
Albert Dehousse longs to be a war hero but is denied military service because his mother is a war widow. When he finds out that his parents were Nazi collaborators, Albert leaves his home to join the French Resistance, passing himself off as a hero despite his sheltered life.
Screening on an archival 35mm print, courtesy of the Sundance Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive
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