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AMERICANO

By Mathieu DEMY

BAC FILMS - as DISTR

Drama - Completed 2011

Martin refuses to face up to the death of his mother. Troubled by his childhood memories, he wanders to Tijuana on the trail of Lola, a Mexican stripper.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2011

Special Presentations

COLCOA 2012

COLCOA Selection

- Year of production
- 2011
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- FRANCE, MEXICO
- Languages
- FRENCH, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 105 mn
- Director(s)
- Mathieu DEMY
- Writer(s)
- Mathieu DEMY
- Cast
- Carlos BARDEM, Chiara MASTROIANI, Geraldine CHAPLIN, Salma HAYEK
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-DDB1-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
- EIDR
- 10.5240/C35E-DDF7-6A7C-88D0-5470-7
- Producer(s)
- Mathieu DEMY (Les Films de l'Autre), Angeline MASSONI (Les Films de l'Autre)
- Synopsis
- When Mathieu was little, his name was Martin and he lived in Los Angeles.Martin grew up and lives in Paris. When he loses his mother back in California, Martin must return to the city of his childhood to deal with the formalities surrounding his inheritance.
  Unable to face up to his mom’s death, Martin takes off to Tijuana on the trail of Lola, a Mexican woman he used to know, and who held a special place in his mother’s life.
  He finds her at the Americano, a private club were she dances every night. To make his own peace, Martin must delve into his past. To make his own movie, Mathieu must re-embody Martin, the fictional boy in a film by Agnès…

AMERICANO

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