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I Stand Alone (1998)
"Seul contre tous" (original title)

Not Rated  |   |  Crime, Drama  |  17 February 1999 (France)
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A horse meat butcher's life and mind begins to breakdown as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

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Blandine Lenoir ...
Frankie Pain ...
Sa Maitresse (as Frankye Pain)
Martine Audrain ...
Sa Belle-Mere
Zaven ...
L'Homme a la Morale
Jean-François Rauger ...
Agent Immobilier
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Olivier Doran ...
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Aïssa Djabri ...
Docteur Choukroun (as Aissa Djabri)
Serge Faurie ...
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Frédéric Pfohl ...
Infirmier de Hospice (as Frederic Pfohl)
Stéphanie Sec ...
Infirmiere de Hospice (as Stephanie Sec)
Arlette Balkis ...
Femme Mourante
Gil Bertharion Jr. ...
Camionneur (as Gil Bertharion Jr)
Rado ...
Gardien de l'Hotel
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Storyline

The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and moves to Lille suburbs with his mistress. She promised him a new butcher shop. She lied. The butcher decides to go back to Paris and find his daughter. Written by Pavel Smutny <pavel.smutny.ekf@vsb.cz>

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$6,955 (USA) (19 March 1999)

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$54,735 (USA) (13 August 1999)
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It is the second piece of the mini series of Noe. First one which is called 'Carne' was produced in 1991. See more »

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sadistically artistic
6 June 2003 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Wow, I need to take a shower. This is the kind of film Godard would have made if he'd grown up with THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE instead of THE MALTESE FALCON. Based on this and Noe's new film IRREVERSIBLE I'd say Gasper's got a few issues he's hammering out and he's taking us down into the depths with him. It's a very well made film. He uses one repetitious devise that just about gave me a heart attack the first time it was used. I won't tell you what it is, but I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone who suffers from a hyperactive nervous system. If you have a strong stomach and love great filmmaking, though, I'd definately recommend this artistic, sadistic shocker.


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