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America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 8, 1960

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

64%

Original Title

L'Amérique insolite

Production Companies

Les Films de la Pléiade

Director

François Reichenbach

Description

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.