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I Stand Alone

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I Stand Alone
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1hr 21min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1998
Director:
Gaspar Noé
Distributor:
Strand Home Video
Starring:
Philippe Nahon, Frankye Pain, Blandine Lenoir  ...more
Synopsis: In this French drama, Gaspar Noe, who won awards (Prix Georges Sadoul, Cannes Crix Week) for his 40-minute Carne (1991), continues where that film ended, beginning with a Carne recap: The Butcher (Philippe Nahon) narrates, telling how, as a war orphan working at 14, he opened his horsemeat butcher shop and fathered a mute, retarded daughter. After the mother and daughter left for life in a Paris suburb, he served a prison term after an assault on someone he mistakenly believed had raped his daughter. ... Full Synopsis
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Elbert Ventura, AMG Review
A grim portrait of disaffection and loneliness, Gaspar Noe's I Stand Alone is a movie clearly conceived to make a stir. With an armed, frustrated, and hate-filled time bomb at its center, it unabashedly recalls Taxi Driver, offering its own nihilistic spin on Martin Scorsese's masterpiece of urban anomie and redemption. For a feature debut, it's unbelievably daring. Noe doesn't shy away from sprucing ... Full Review
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Philippe Nahon
The Butcher
Frankye Pain
His Mistress
Blandine Lenoir
His Daughter Cynthia
Martine Audrain
Mother-in-Law
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Bad Blood (1982) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Falling Down (1993) Joe (1970) Taxi Driver (1976) Carne (1991)
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