I Stand Alone (1998)

05/16/1998 (FR) • 1h 29m

Drama, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

Philippe Nahon

The Butcher

Frankie Pain

Mistress

Martine Audrain

Belle-Mere

Zaven

Man with Morals

Jean-François Rauger

Real Estate Agent

Guillaume Nicloux

Supermarket Manager

Olivier Doran

Presenter (voice)

Aïssa Djabri

Doctor Choukroun


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Part of the Le Boucher Collection

Includes Carne, I Stand Alone

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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

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