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1996 | DIRECTED BY JACQUES AUDIARD

A Self-Made Hero

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Movie Stats
Year
1996
Runtime
 107 minutes (1 hr 47 mins)
Certificates

15

Not Rated

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Select Cast
Albert Dupontel
Mathieu Kassovitz
Anouk Grinberg
Sandrine Kiberlain
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Nadia Barentin
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First viewed:
18th Aug 2025
Last viewed:
30th Mar 2026
Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
12th September 1997
29 years 10 days ago
France release date
 France
15th May 1996
30 years 4 months 7 days ago
Sweden release date
 Sweden
17th January 1997
29 years 8 months 5 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
1st May 1997
29 years 4 months 21 days ago
Spain release date
 Spain
23rd June 1997
29 years 2 months 29 days ago
Denmark release date
 Denmark
11th July 1997
29 years 2 months 11 days ago
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Directed by
jacques audiard Jacques Audiard
Starring
Mathieu KassovitzAlbert Dehousse
Anouk GrinbergServane
Sandrine KiberlainYvette
Jean-Louis TrintignantAlbert Dehousse
jacques audiardAlbert DupontelDionnet
Nadia BarentinThe General's Wife
Bernard BlochErnst
François ChattotLouvier
Philippe DuclosCaron
Daniele LebrunMadame Dehousse
Armand de Baudry dAssonEnglishman
Wilfred BenaicheHenry Nervoix
François BerleandMonsieur Jo
Philippe BerodotLeguen
Gilles Del FrateThe Partisan
Stefan Elbaum'Little Versailles' Man 1
Marc ErnotteDe Vaincourt
Jerome FlochEtienne
Isabelle GruaultLutetia, Young Woman
Donatien GuillotKnickerbocker
Philippe HarelInformation Officer
Christophe KourotchkineLittle Versailles man
Philippe LehembreMaitre Becquard
François LevantalDelavelle
Patrick LigardesMalbert
Clotilde MolletOdette
Philippe NahonThe General
Yann PradalFFI 1
Bruno PutzuluMeyer
Georges SiatidisBeauchamps
Laurent VacherMaldoror Man
Yves VerhoevenBoutin
David FernandesAlbert
Xavier ArcacheJean Caron
Eleonore GodeauLittle Girl At Kiosk
Thomas VindevogelLout
Dominique LemonnierViolin Player
Anne VilletteViolin Player
Genevieve StrosserAlto
Vincent SegalCello
Marc MarderDouble Bass
Emmanuel StrosserPiano
Pascal DuthuinAmerican soldier
Françoise GazioServeuse
Alexia Hugon
Robert IsaacAmerican soldier
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Genres
Comedy
Comedy
Drama
Drama
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News from around the web
David Thomson on Jacques Audiard  The Guardian Thu, 7th January 2010

Catalyst: Self-Made Hero Launches UK Anthology by Creators of Colour  Bleeding Cool News Sat, 23rd October 2021

Jacques Audiard on “Dheepan”  Los Angeles Review of Books Thu, 10th December 2015

French film recommendations to spice up your watch list  The Boar Thu, 28th May 2020

Out in the Open - Javi Rey Brings Jesús Carrasco’s Novel to Comics in an Atmospheric Adaptation from SelfMadeHero  Broken Frontier Tue, 12th June 2018

Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home, published by SelfMadeHero  Comic Watch Wed, 22nd February 2023

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