L'Américain (1969)

Name: L'Américain
Director: Marcel Bozzuffi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-09-24
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Bouise, Bernard Fresson, Rufus

90 min | Drama

Bruno returns to Rouen, his hometown, after spending fifteen years in the United States. Time and illusions have passed, his friends now have a bleak life, the opposite of their childhood ideals. He feels foreign to them.

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Jean-Louis Trintignant

Bruno
Jean Bouise

Paul
Bernard Fresson

Raymond
Rufus

Corbeau
Françoise Fabian

La femme de l'agence
Jacques Perrin

Patrick Sarrutel
Yves Lefebvre

Tony Morvan
Tanya Lopert

Hélène Sarrutel
Marcel Bozzuffi

Jacky
Simone Signoret

Léone
Nicole Vervil
Philippe Dumat
Georges Aubert
Arlette Gordon
Jacques Chevalier

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Costa Gavras told about this film that it was one of the best ever made about war in Algeria without showing it. No war sequences in this film speaking of young generations of men who were sacrificed for a useless cause.

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Genres

Drama

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Release Date:

24 September 1969

Language

French

Country of Origin

France

Filming Locations

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

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