Francis Farge, alias "The American" could have remained a man like the others but a strange obsession animates him: he feels American body and soul.
Acting
Lorànt Deutsch commits fully to unbearable delusion.
Costume
Every regrettable American cliché in one wardrobe.
Writing
Satire that accidentally became documentary.
Director
Patrick Timsit
Thierry Lhermitte
Eddy
Émilie Dequenne
Nelly
Lorànt Deutsch
Francis Farge, alias l'Américain
Patrick Le Luherne
Texas
Paolo Seganti
Rick
Mathias Mlekuz
Tennessee
Richard Berry
Le professeur d'anglais
Marianne Denicourt
Murielle
Patrick Paroux
Nevada
Daniel Isoppo
Alabama
Salah Teskouk
Mohammed
Kafka
José Bové
Frankie Pain
La femme de José Bové
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrick Timsit, a prominent French comedian, directed this as his second feature—critics were not kind.
The film captures peak 'freedom fries' era Franco-American tension, making Francis both punchline and symptom.
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