I Stand Alone (1998)

7.5 | May 16, 1998 (FR) | Drama, Thriller | 01:29

daughter suicide work nihilism gun killing crisis butcher revenge slaughterhouse working class jobless social reject economic crisis revenge killing thought unemployed new french extremism antisocial behavior lower class poor man industrial town ex-prisoner misanthrope inner thoughts incestuous fantasy narrator

In the bowels of France.

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.