The Film
I Stand Alone
In the bowels of France.
The Story
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.
narrator incestuous fantasy inner thoughts misanthrope ex-prisoner industrial town poor man lower class antisocial behavior new french extremism unemployed thought revenge killing economic crisis social reject jobless working class slaughterhouse revenge butcher crisis killing gun nihilism work suicide daughter
Gallery
The Stills.
