I Stand Alone

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EJ G. @Artist_Lens Sep 27 Disclaimer, all ratings are based on the following criteria: 5 star great 4 star good 3 star decent 2 star poor 1 star awful See more Claudio C @Claudio666 05/27/2025 Seul contre tous (1998) The Sick Mind of a Loser (11,722 – 27 May 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) In 1939, a boy is born is Paris and two years later, his father and his mother die. When he is a young teenager, he works hard as a butcher and when he is thirty years old, he buys a butcher shop of his own. After having sex with a worker, she has a baby and abandon her. He raises the girl that is mute, and when she has her first period, he believes she was raped by a man. He hunts down the man and stabs his face. He is arrested and his daughter is sent to an institution. He loses his shop and his apartment as consequence. He works at a bar and impregnates the owner. She sells her business and moves to Lille to live with her mother to open a butcher shop. However, she changes her mind and he works as nightwatchman of a rest home. When an old patient dies, the Butcher starts to think about his life and returns to Paris. Without money and completely disturbed by his pointless life, he questions morality and justice and brings his daughter to his hotel room to say goodbye. “Seul contre tous” (1998), a.k.a. “I Stand Alone”, is a strange movie by Gaspar Noé with the story that discloses the sick mind of a loser. Butcher, the lead character, is a lonely man completely disturbed that practically does not talk to anybody. Self-destructive, he questions morality and justice for the poor and the rich and sexually abuses of his daughter. The plot is unpleasant but worthwhile watching for the fans of this French director. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): “Sozinho Contra Todos” (“Alone Against All”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ See more g j @g.username 01/25/2025 Noe is something of an over-rated edgelord hack. There's nothing really philosophical or profound here despite its vague pretences of being something more than gritty pulp sleaze. It's not even particularly entertaining. See more william d @acsdoug 09/12/2021 I usually don't like narration in movies. I think it detracts from - and often ruins - the story. The fact that I like this movie so much is a testament to Noe's excellent script since it is pretty much narrated from beginning to end (as is the fact that the main character is wholly unsympathetic). See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y 10/08/2020 "one of the most disturbing films"? more like one of the most depressing films. it's on the wrong list & was quite boring on top of it. i've tried some Gaspar Noe films in the past & i keep giving him more chances to surprise me, but i'm just not a fan apparently. the only thing interesting about this one is the sharp camera work, which i did enjoy. the narration just doesn't do it for me i guess - i wasn't attached to the characters or the story - so it didn't really make me feel anything besides saying "good grief" to myself a couple times. See more 01/29/2020 A classic Noe movie... Cinematographically sustaining and dialogues are engrossing. If you're alike Noe's style you'll enjoy this movie too. See more Read all reviews

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