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I Stand Alone (1999) | Ranked Top 18% · CriticCrunch

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I Stand Alone

Movie1999·89 min

I Stand Alone

Directed by Gaspar Noé

A drama thriller film directed by Gaspar Noé.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 18%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.4/10

586 ratings

About I Stand Alone

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.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: faith existentialism, isolation loneliness, social injustice, late 20th century, action combat, paris, urban, parent child, anti hero, outsider misfit, revenge quest, unreliable narrator, corruption

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Details

Director: Gaspar Noé
Language: French

Cast

Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain

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How I Stand Alone Ranks

All movies

Top 18%

1990s movies

Top 17%

Drama movies

Top 17%

1990s Drama movies

Top 18%

★Gaspar Noé films#2 of 9

Top 18% 1990s Drama movies.

Second-best Gaspar Noé film, behind Enter the Void.

the vibe

I Stand Alone Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalbleak

gritty

unsettling

What it's about

revenge questunreliable narratorfaith existentialismisolation lonelinesssocial injusticeanti-herooutsider misfitparent childaction combatcorruptionparisurbanlate 20th century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

grittygritty