FRANCE · 1999

I Stand Alone

Gaspar Noé
paternal obsession social isolation disability and vulnerability urban alienation redemption and failure
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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.

Year1999
CountryFrance
DirectorGaspar Noé
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Accattone 1961 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
I Stand AloneFrance · 1999
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