A Self-Made Hero

(1996)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 117 votes

Genres: Drama, War, Comedy

Year: 1996

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: France

Director: Жак Одиар

Cast: Матьё Кассовиц, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Альбер Дюпонтель, Жан-Луи Трентиньян, Nadia Barentin, Bernard Bloch, Франсуа Шатто, Филипп Дюкло, Danièle Lebrun

Plot

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.

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. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he inveigles himself with the resistance movement. They trust him and he helps them trace collaborators.