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Rating: 7.5 stars

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France Netflix

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I Stand Alone (1998)

Directed by Gaspar Noé

Crime | Drama

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.

Rated R | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Philippe Nahon | Blandine Lenoir | Frankie Pain | Martine Audrain | Zaven | Jean-François Rauger | Guillaume Nicloux | Olivier Doran | Aïssa Djabri | Serge Faurie | Frédéric Pfohl | Stéphanie Sec | Arlette Balkis | Gil Bertharion Jr. | Rado | Nicolas Jouhet | Ahmed Bounacir | Roland Guéridon | Hervé Gueridon | Sophie Nicolle | Paule Abecassis | Marie-Madeleine Denecheau | Robert Roy | Joël Leculle | Denis Falgoux | Marc Faure | Gérard Ortega | Stephane Derderian | Alain Pierre | Sylvie Raymond

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

After hearing GGTMC cover Gaspar Noé‘s I Stand Alone (1998) I knew it was something I had to see soon. It’s everything they’ve said and definitely a must-see, esp. if you like what Noé‘s been doing in cinema. And it’s just as fucked up.

It’s the tale of an aging ex-con butcher trying to restart his life only to find it’s not worth the effort and opts for one final intimate visit with his mentally challenged daughter. Or does he? Now I know where that fetus-punching scene comes from in FF’s 100 Greatest Kills.

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