A Self-Made Hero

Name: A Self-Made Hero
Director: Jacques Audiard
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1996

1996

IMDb

Jacques Audiard

1996·Not Rated· France

France

Award tierSilver

Metascore

Comedy Drama World

A man moves to post-WWII Paris and learns to reinvent himself as a war hero with help from a former Resistance fighter, but his carefully crafted new identity begins to unravel.

Cast

Anouk Grinberg·Mathieu Kassovitz·Jean-Louis Trintignant·Sandrine Kiberlain

Producers

Françoise Galfré·Patrick Godeau

Languages

French

Major Awards

1 win · 2 nominations

Wins (1)

Best Screenplay

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Best Screenplay

Jacques AudiardAlain Le Henry

Nominations (2)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1996)

Palme d'Or

Jacques Audiard

Best Picture

César Awards, France (1997)

Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)

Jacques Audiard