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Americano

2025 · 75 min

A quiet, grounded character piece about a dream derailed, carried by small everyday stakes and a gentle, hopeful ache.

Directed by: Deny Gallagher
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rondell Sheridan, Darren Weiss, Samuel Dunning

Overview: Jack Armstrong is a recent college graduate whose dream of playing professional basketball comes crashing down after tearing his ACL during his senior year of college. He comes home to rehab in hopes of resuming his hoop dreams while running the Armstrong family’s coffee shop called Americano.

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Directed by: Deny Gallagher
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rondell Sheridan, Darren Weiss, Samuel Dunning

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
family
healing
identity
work
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Deny Gallagher
Starring: Rondell Sheridan, Darren Weiss, Samuel Dunning, Albania Sofia Sagarra, Adrienne Laurén, Marcus R. Smith, Lei Nico, Eddie Mata
Runtime: 75 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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