Movie
America as Seen by a Frenchman
1960 · 91 min
A curious, gently amused travelogue that drifts through a vanished country like a flickering scrapbook, inviting you to look rather than to follow a story.
- Directed by
- François Reichenbach
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Jean Cocteau, Paul Klinger, June Richmond
- Overview
- At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.
- How it feels
- Satirical, whimsical, light and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, media, class, freedom
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- François Reichenbach
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Jean Cocteau, Paul Klinger, June Richmond
