Movie
I Stand Alone
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-02-17
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Cinémas de la Zone, Love Streams Productions
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Philippe Nahon as The Butcher
- Blandine Lenoir as Daughter
- Frankie Pain as Mistress
- Martine Audrain as Belle-Mere
- Zaven as Man with Morals
- Jean-François Rauger as Real Estate Agent
- Guillaume Nicloux as Supermarket Manager
- Olivier Doran as Presenter (voice)
- Aïssa Djabri as Doctor Choukroun
- Serge Faurie as Director of Hospital
- Frédéric Pfohl as Hospital Nurse
- Stéphanie Sec as Hospital Nurse
Crew
- Gaspar Noé - Director
- Gaspar Noé - Writer
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