
I Stand Alone
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- 1998
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MORAL:
Do you know what moral is?
Let me tell you.
Moral is for the people
that own it, for the rich.
And who's always right?
The rich, and the poor are screwed.
JUSTICE:
Shall I show you my moral?
Won't you be sorry?
- I'm not sure.
I think you'll be afraid.
This is my moral.
There's the moral.
Do you know why I have this?
Because Mr. Moral there in his uniform...
...always wins.
Him and his damn moral.
And I...
This is my justice.
Whether you're right...
...or wrong...
...it doesn't matter man.
Les Cinemas de la Zone present:
in the guts of his land.
Everyone his own life, everyone his moral.
If I would summarize my life...
...my life is like that of a loser.
The story of man
like so many others.
It all started in France,
land of cheese and traitors.
The man was born near Paris
in 1939.
In 1941 his mother abandoned him.
He has never seen her again.
On liberation day the boy
finds out who his father is.
A communist who died
in one of the concentration camps.
He's six years old now.
His innocence was stolen from him
in the name of Jesus as he was raised.
To be able to survive the boy
becomes a butcher at 14.
The next ten years he works
for various people...
...saving every cent
for his own business.
Which he gets when he's 30.
It's difficult at first...
...but after two years
the shop is running well.
Well he makes a living out of it.
He meets a young factory worker...
...and takes her virginity from her in
the l'Avenir Hotel across from the factory.
From there on it goes fast.
Nine months later he will be father of
Cynthia, a baby unwanted by the mother.
He is once again abandoned and is
left to bring up his daughter alone.
Years pass by.
The shop is fine.
The butcher buys an apartment
where the daughter grows up to be mute.
Her adolescence starts.
She's becoming a woman.
The father, still single,
has to fight his lust.
That's when fate strikes.
The girl has her first period.
In unknown pain
she runs off to the shop.
On the way there a worker tries
to seduce her.
A neighbour sees it happen
and takes her to her father.
The father sees the blood on her skirt
and thinks she's been raped.
He gets a knife
and goes to find the rapist.
The man sees a worker on a dock
face with the knife.
The butcher goes to jail for that.
The girl is put in an institution.
The father occasionally writes
his daughter. Months pass.
The butcher has to sell the apartment
and the butcher shop.
Finally the butcher is free again
but without any possessions.
To survive, the man
becomes a bartender.
He soon becomes his boss's lover. She
gets pregnant and want to sell the bar...
...to start a new life
in an other town.
She even has enough money
to rent a butcher shop.
The man has no choice.
For the first time he visits
his daughter.
He tells her goodbye.
She sees him leave but says nothing.
The next day the man drives out of
Paris with his wife...
...hoping to escape the dark tunnel
that is his life.
In Lille they move in with
the woman's mother...
...until they find a house and a shop.
Compared to Paris the streets
up North seem abandoned and grey.
For the first time the man
feels like a stranger.
He sees projections of his
dead father.
But the butcher is like everyone else
A being that wants to survive.
He then decides to forget about his past
and betrayal of his daughter.
Just like his love for her. Well,
love is a bit too strong.
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