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A Self-Made Hero

1996·107 min

A Self-Made Hero

Directed by Jacques Audiard

DramaWarComedy

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.

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Mathieu Kassovitz

Albert Dehousse

Servane

Sandrine Kiberlain

Yvette

Albert Dupontel

Dionnet

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Alexandre Desplat

Original Music Composer

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Jacques Audiard

Screenplay

Jean-Marc Fabre

Director of Photography

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A Self-Made Hero (1996) is about 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.

Who directed A Self-Made Hero?

Jacques Audiard directed A Self-Made Hero (1996).

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