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I Stand Alone (1999)

I Stand Alone (1999)

Drama Thriller

In the bowels of France.

Release Date: 1999, February 17
Directors: Gaspar Noé
Countries: France
Production: Les Cinémas de la Zone, Love Streams Productions
Cast: Frankie Pain, Philippe Nahon, Stephane Derderian, Marc Faure, Blandine Lenoir, Nicolas Jouhet, Denis Falgoux, Martine Audrain, Zaven, Serge Faurie, Frédéric Pfohl, Stéphanie Sec

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.

Keywords:

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