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L'Américain ()


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Bruno returns to Rouen, his hometown, after spending 15 years in the United States. Time and illusions have passed and his friends now have a bleak life, the opposite of their childhood ideals. He feels foreign to them, and they to him.

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Bruno
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Paul
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Raymond
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Corbeau
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La femme de l'agence
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Patrick Sarrutel
Yves Lefebvre ...
Tony Morvan
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Hélène Sarrutel
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Jacky
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Léone
Georges Aubert
Arlette Gordon
Jacques Chevalier
Monique Mélinand
Catherine Monnet
Jean Marsan
Antilla Dufour-Mantel
Joelle Mnouchkine
José Artur
Jacques Léonard
Jean Chevrin

Directed by

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Marcel Bozzuffi

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Marcel Bozzuffi ... (writer)

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Georges Moustaki

Cinematography by

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Pierre Willemin

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Marie-Claude Lacambre

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Maud Begon ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Raymond Leplont ... unit manager
Pierre Pardon ... production manager

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Alain Corneau ... assistant director
Claude Gorsky ... assistant director

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Jean Vergne ... property master

Sound Department

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Jean-Pierre Lelong ... foley artist
Jean-Pierre Ruh ... sound
Alain Sempé ... sound assistant

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Jami-Blanc ... still photographer
Jean-Paul Lemaître ... first assistant camera

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Nicole Carmet ... production secretary
Georges Dancigers ... presenter
Claude Lelouch ... presenter
Alexandre Mnouchkine ... presenter
Janine Ruault ... administration

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Also Known As
  • O amerikanos (Greece)
  • Americanul (Romania)
  • The American
  • O Americano (Portugal)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia 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. See more »

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