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America as Seen by a Frenchman is a french film of genre Documentary directed by François Reichenbach with Jean Cocteau

America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960)

America as Seen by a Frenchman
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Length 1h30
OriginFrance
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America As Seen by a Frenchman (French: L'Amérique insolite) is a 1960 French documentary film directed by François Reichenbach. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.



^ "Festival de Cannes: America As Seen by a Frenchman". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.

Synopsis

"J'ai voulu prendre le citoyen américain depuis sa naissance jusqu'à sa mort et le suivre dans toutes les circonstances cocasses, burlesques, insolites de la vie... Etre un témoin curieux, infatigable, parfois même indiscret...", expliquait François Reichenbach. Son documentaire est l'un des premiers grands portraits filmés d'un pays qui restait encore largement méconnu et lointain, cette Amérique toute puissante des fifties, celle des stars et des gratte-ciels, qui fascinait tant la France de l'après-guerre. Une Amérique dont le cinéaste a voulu aussi explorer la violence et la bizarrerie, "sans la juger" précisait-il.

Actors

Jean Cocteau

(Narrator (Afterword))
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