Americano (2011)

A man who returns to Los Angeles to wrap up his mother's estate sets out in search of the mysterious woman named in her will.

Director:

Mathieu Demy

Writer:

Mathieu Demy

Stars:

Mathieu Demy, Geraldine Chaplin, Chiara Mastroianni

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mathieu Demy	...	Martin
Geraldine Chaplin	...	Linda
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Claire
Carlos Bardem	...	Luis
Jean-Pierre Mocky	...	Le père
Salma Hayek	...	'Lola'
André Wilms	...	L'Allemand
Pablo Garcia	...	Pedro
Sabine Mamou	...	La mère (archive footage)
Timothy Davis	...	Le douanier
Cokey Falkow	...	Le facteur
Kevin Beaty	...	Doug O'Toole, l'avocat immobilier
Nick Roberts	...	L'homme à la machine
Gary Feldman	...	L'homme à la machine, jeune (archive footage)
Linda Flores Wade	...	La femme mexicaine

Storyline

A man who returns to Los Angeles to wrap up his mother's estate sets out in search of the mysterious woman named in her will.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

France

Language:

French Spanish English

Release Date:

30 November 2011 (France)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films de l'Autre, Ciné Tamaris, arte France Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Charming stutter piece with a case of bad film grain °%*°%%*¨

Demy's story is not without charm, and in between the stutter in a simplistic seen it man traveling abroad to recover the body of his parent, and in the process searching and maybe finding himself story, revolving around a bunch of pretty much generic characters, his lead written for himself en-tête, there are some small finds, like Chaplin's play, or Hayek's yet another stripper character. Unfortunately, however, the most outstanding negative feature is not even the direction, which exemplifies how any setting can be displayed from the most unflattering and bleak angle, from Paris to L.A., with the most uninspired framing you could believe possible, or the shaky borderline earthquake documentary camera work, nor the dialog, which is not a stand out, but in the film quality itself. It reminded me of the execrable film grain of the civic education videos they used to project at the cinema before the movie in my home country 25 years ago during the communist era. I guess Demy found a stash somewhere. Slightly worn.

Also, on an even more humorous note, it will provide food for thought for those planning on some day spending a long weekend in Tijuana.