I Stand Alone

I Stand Alone (1998)

18
19/03/1999 (GB)
Drama, Thriller
1h 29m

In the bowels of France.

Overview

After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, The Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, The Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.

  • Gaspar NoéDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    Seul contre tous

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • daughter
  • suicide
  • work
  • nihilism
  • gun
  • killing
  • crisis
  • butcher
  • revenge
  • slaughterhouse
  • working class
  • jobless
  • social reject
  • economic crisis
  • revenge killing
  • thought
  • unemployed
  • new french extremism
  • antisocial behavior
  • lower class
  • poor man
  • industrial town
  • ex-prisoner
  • misanthrope
  • inner thoughts
  • incestuous fantasy
  • narrator

Top Billed Cast

Philippe Nahon

Philippe Nahon

The Butcher

Blandine Lenoir

Blandine Lenoir

Daughter

Frankie Pain

Frankie Pain

Mistress

Martine Audrain

Martine Audrain

Belle-Mere

Zaven

Man with Morals

Jean-François Rauger

Jean-François Rauger

Real Estate Agent

Guillaume Nicloux

Guillaume Nicloux

Supermarket Manager

Olivier Doran

Olivier Doran

Presenter (voice)

Aïssa Djabri

Aïssa Djabri

Doctor Choukroun

Serge Faurie

Director of Hospital

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