Americano

Name: Americano
Genre: Drama
Released: June 15, 2012
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 50

2012

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MPI Media Group | Release Date: June 15, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Martin lives in Paris with Claire. Their relationship is at an impasse. When his mother dies, he must return to America to take care of her estate. But, unable to work through his loss, he flees to Tijuana, where he reunites with Lola, a young Mexican woman he once knew, who was close to his mother. He finds her at the Americano, a clubMartin lives in Paris with Claire. Their relationship is at an impasse. When his mother dies, he must return to America to take care of her estate. But, unable to work through his loss, he flees to Tijuana, where he reunites with Lola, a young Mexican woman he once knew, who was close to his mother. He finds her at the Americano, a club where she dances every night. He quickly learns that to be with Lola is to confront the past.… Expand

Director: Mathieu Demy

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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A.O. Scott

Jun 14, 2012

Though not explicitly autobiographical, this film is deeply personal, and while the nature of cinema is very much on its mind, it rarely feels insular or self-conscious. Instead, it is wistful and nostalgic, and at the same time full of restless curiosity. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jun 12, 2012

Though Demy's approach breaks no new ground, directorially speaking, Martin's personal journey finds a fresh angle on a universal piece of wisdom. Every mother's son believes he's the star of his own life; Americano captures that humbling moment where one realizes perhaps he has only been a bit player in his parents' story, not the star, as initially believed. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jun 15, 2012

The film's first half has a lovely feel for how bizarre California must seem to foreigners, and there's a piercing sense of the stop-and-start ways that people deal with grief. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Jun 12, 2012

Americano, which Demy also wrote and stars in, is an ambivalent, occasionally touching work of homage to his parents, yet one whose clumsiness only underscores the superiority of their directly quoted films. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Jun 13, 2012

Peel away the many layers of reference, and all that's left of Americano is the raw need of a lonely, confused young man who's distant from his family, awash in vague memories, and struggling to find himself. This is less a movie than a patient for pop psychologists. Read full review

David Fear

Jun 12, 2012

Becomes a clumsy gringo approximation of something else. In this case, it's the old respectable-man-obsessed-with-fallen-angel cliché, which Demy fils tweaks with broad melodramatic strokes and Freudian flotsam, as well as a complete lack of focus or storytelling chops. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Jun 14, 2012

Scenes of the director as a school-age boy in a Varda film are haunting, but end up simply sparking a desire to see Varda's work. Read full review

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