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Reading old letters, a young girl from Châteauroux, Carole, discovers that her father was an American soldier whose regiment was based in town in the 1950s. She will try by all means to find people who remember this period.

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Marc, dit Bebop
Nathalie Nell ...
Anna
Anaïs Jeanneret ...
Carole
Edward Meeks ...
Harper
Jérôme Anger ...
Jérôme (as Jérôme Angé)
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Greg Norman
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Le commissaire Feuille
Robert Etcheverry ...
Le journaliste Larcher
Elisabeth Sender ...
Tina
Gérard Sergue ...
Le notaire Perrot
Isabelle Sadoyan ...
Manou
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Fernand
Nadia Coulon ...
La secrétaire du notaire
Hélène Cohen ...
Nadia
Michel Arroyo ...
Le fermier
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Le cascadeur

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Philippe Charigot

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Bernard Baudoin ... (adaptation & dialogue)
 
Philippe Charigot ... (adaptation & dialogue)
 
Sylvain Saada ... (adaptation & dialogue)
 
Sylvain Saada ... (screenplay)

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Alain Depardieu ... producer

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Serge Franklin

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Robert Fraisse

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Olivier Morel

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Frédéric Duru

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Magali Fustier-Dray

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Francis Barrois ... assistant unit manager
Patrick Bordier ... production manager

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Marc Barbault ... assistant director
Bertrand Hervé ... assistant director
Antoine Lorenzi ... assistant director

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Jonathan Liebling ... foley artist
Jean-Bernard Thomasson ... sound

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Michel Carliez ... stunts

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Plot Summary

1951: the Americans settle in Chateauroux. For more than 10 years they will turn the life of this region upside down. Over the days George Sand's Berry becomes American. 1963: with the departure of the Americans, Chateauroux regains sleep, but a sleep interspersed with burning memories. 1985: Carole - 20 years old - discovers that she is the daughter of one of these Americans. She will try by all means to find her father; witnesses are not lacking. But Harper, a former American soldier, is the only one who knows the truth. Carole will end up at Harper, the explanation will be cruel and dramatic.

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Also Known As
  • Il padre americano (Italy)
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  • 85 min
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