Americano (2011)

Director:

Mathieu Demy

Writer:

Mathieu Demy (written by)

Release Date:

30 November 2011 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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. |

Cast

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
Angelina Abeyta	...	La dame de la caravane
Samantha Nicole Martinez	...	La jeune traductrice
Lisa Blok-Linson	...	Lisa
Mark Mahoney	...	Mark, le thanatopracteur
Jeanne de France	...	La femme de ménage
Romanö	...	Le barman de l'impasse
Linda Lee Hopkins	...	La femme du consulat
Eduardo Sainz	...	Serveur Americano
Alonso Venegas Flores	...	Serveur Americano
Emiliano Suarez	...	Serveur Americano
Andrew Shemin	...	Stripclub Client
James Gerard	...	Stripclub Client
Vanina Arias	...	Danseuse Americano
Dorothée Arnold	...	Danseuse Americano
Cynthia Garcia Gullen	...	Danseuse Americano
Marie Gonnot	...	Danseuse Americano
Shéhérazade Meier	...	Danseuse Americano (as Schéh&éacute;razade Me&ïuml;er)
Sayuri Olivera Canto	...	Danseuse Americano
Catherine Treskow	...	Danseuse Americano
Raquel Uriostegui	...	Danseuse Americano
Viviana Del Carmen Verdugo	...	Danseuse Americano
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mobin Khan	...	Shahrukh

Directed by
Mathieu Demy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mathieu Demy		written by

Produced by
Lisa Blok-Linson	....	executive producer
Rémi Burah	....	co-producer
Johanna Colboc	....	line producer
Corina Danckwerts	....	supervising producer: Los Angeles
Mathieu Demy	....	producer
Luisa Gomez de Silva	....	line producer: Tijuana
Angeline Massoni	....	executive producer
Michel Reilhac	....	co-producer
Agnès Varda	....	co-producer
Rosalie Varda	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Grégoire Hetzel		(composition & arrangement)

Cinematography by
Georges Lechaptois

Film Editing by
Jean-Baptiste Morin

Casting by
Alexandre Nazarian

Production Design by
Arnaud Roth

Art Direction by
Paola Cortés

Costume Design by
Rosalie Varda

Production Management
Michael Chandlee	....	unit manager trainee
Scott Fort	....	unit production manager
Pierre-Arthur Goulet	....	post-production manager
Pauline Seigland	....	executive in charge of production
Robert Shapiro	....	unit production manager
Laurent Weitmann	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Antoine Chevrollier	....	first assistant director
Ivan Diaz-Robledo	....	second assistant director
Marjorie Marramaque	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Pauline Berger	....	sculptor
Cathia Cuevas	....	assistant art director
Yannick Heuveline	....	carpenter
Denis Lourenco	....	set dresser
Magali Viney	....	assistant decorator

Sound Department
Jean-Luc Audy	....	sound
Thomas Berliner	....	boom operator
Nicolas Bouvet	....	sound editor
Jean De Sagey	....	foley recordist
Anne Delacour	....	dialogue editor
Séverin Favriau	....	sound editor
Alexis Jung	....	assistant sound editor
Cyrille Lauwerier	....	sound editor
Cyrille Lauwerier	....	sound re-recording mixer
François Maurel	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Gaëlle Bossis	....	digital compositor
Audrey Kleinclaus	....	visual effects coordinator: Eclairgroup

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	steadicam operator
Julien Bureau	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Pierre Garbin	....	additional electrician
Julie Gaujour	....	second assistant camera
Stéphane Germain	....	key grip
Jason M. Norman	....	chief lighting technician
Olivier Regent	....	gaffer
Antoine Valentin	....	electrician

Casting Department
Aurelie Delvenne	....	extras casting
Pam Gilles	....	casting
Barbarella Pardo	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Karim El Katari	....	color timer: Eclair
David Magalhaes	....	telecine dailies colorist
Bruno Patin	....	colorist

Music Department
Hubert Cornet	....	music supervisor
Nicolas Duport	....	music mixer
Jeff Genie	....	music supervisor
Jeff Genie	....	producer: additional songs

Other crew
K. Adithya Ashok	....	production assistant
Jennifer Bertram	....	assistant production coordinator
Sarahí Castro	....	production assistant
Tory Dahlhoff	....	production assistant
Aurelie Delvenne	....	location manager
Roman Diaz	....	production coordinator: mexico
Sarah Dignan	....	production coordinator
Aurélie Godet	....	post-production coordinator
Octavio Maya	....	location manager
Annick Reipert	....	script supervisor
Jeff Sadden	....	office production assistant
Tucker Simmons	....	production assistant
Laurent Weitmann	....	location manager

Thanks
Mickael Alix	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Les Films de l'Autre
• Ciné Tamaris (co-production)
• arte France Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Arte France (participation)
• Ciné+ (participation)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (support)
• Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma (support)
• Région des Pays-de-la-Loire (support)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)

Distributors

• Bac Films (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2013) (Peru) (theatrical)
• MPI Media Group (2012) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Film Music Services  music supervision
• Gloria Vision  music supervision
• Gloria Vision  producer of additional songs

Runtime:

France:90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Les Films de l'Autre

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.