
Little Boy(2015)
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.



Mathieu Kassovitz
Albert Dehousse

Anouk Grinberg
Servane

Sandrine Kiberlain
Yvette

Albert Dupontel
Dionnet

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Albert Dehousse (old)

Nadia Barentin
Madame Louvier / Madame Revuz / The General's Wife

Bernard Bloch
Ernst

François Chattot
Louvier

Philippe Duclos
Caron

Danièle Lebrun
Madame Dehousse
A Self-Made Hero is a drama, war, comedy film released in 1996. Directed by Jacques Audiard, it stars Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain. Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.
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