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The Portrait Of The Hero As A Young Man
French Albert has always had a meaningless life. Living beyond the shadow of his possessive mother in the countryside of France, he dreams of becoming someone big. And his dreams come true; he becomes a very important and famous hero of war without even being at any war. This is the story of the right man, in the right, and that with some help of chance and luck, happens to deceive many people and achieve a huge success, power, notoriety and money.

The film is told in flashback by Albert himself, who shows what led him to become what he did. Moreover, to make things more believable, from time to time there is an 'spontaneous' and accurate report by people who lived with Albert commenting on his actions and events of his life. The film has a very peculiar kind of fun, that may not suit all tastes.

Mathieu Jassovitz is very funny and good as the soldier. Albert is funny and very very intelligent. The script is very well written and is shows how Albert has never meant to be bad, but he was led to do what he did.

All in all, it is a different movie that I recommend to all who want to have some fun combined with intelligence. It is not the kind of humor that makes you laugh out laud, but it makes you smile many times.

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great
This is a great film. The characters were very believable, and the setting and details of postwar Europe were well researched. Really enjoyable story of a dreamer, that keeps you grounded with more than a couple moments that remind you that war is never simple and always a tragedy.

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Well made film of a self made sleaze
Why can't American films look this good?! How do the European film makers make their characters so human? This movie takes a little time to take off but no real thumb twiddling here. The story of a young man who, after World War II discovers the benefits of lying his way to a high ranking position in the provisional French government. Not someone you'd care too much for. That's the only problem here. Well done.