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Americano
Directed by
Mathieu Demy
2011
1h 45m
Not Rated
Drama
5.2
50%
27%
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A man who returns to Los Angeles to wrap up his mother's estate sets out in search of the mysterious woman named in her will.
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Cast of Americano
Salma Hayek Pinault
'Lola'
Mathieu Demy
Martin
Geraldine Chaplin
Linda
Chiara Mastroianni
Claire
Carlos Bardem
Luis
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Le père
André Wilms
L'Allemand
Sabine Mamou
La mère (archive footage)
Timothy Davis
Le douanier
Cokey Falkow
Le facteur
Americano Reviews
New York Times
A.O. Scott
It is wistful and nostalgic, and at the same time full of restless curiosity.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
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. It may take time for the son to catch his own wave.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
While Hayek isn't bad, Lola is a stock character, and very little that transpires after her arrival recovers the interest so beautifully constructed in the beginning.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Demy leans heavily on a cinematic legacy that also seems to hold him back.
Paste Magazine
Shannon M. Houston
A film with a compelling story (though far too dependent on a single character) fails to move its audience, even as its own scenes somehow fail to move their protagonist.
Slant Magazine
Bill Weber
This odd hybrid of in-search-of-mother quest and lurid border-town pulp shows a humane intimacy mostly in touches borrowed from the filmmaker's estimable parents.
JoBlo's Movie Network
JimmyO
...if you can't get past the flaws, you could always rent it just to see Salma's exotic dance number.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A French man follows his quest to find out more about his estranged mother following her death in Venice, California.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
Often hypnotic, this small, well-acted piece focuses on a middle-aged man intent on fulfilling his departed mother's final wish.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
The film's appeal has less to do with plot than mood. Demy balances his father's romanticism and his mother's naturalism, taking cues from both.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
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.
Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
The primary appeal of Americano lies in witnessing the attempt of a famous progeny to forge his own creative path, as Demy's struggle with artistic inheritance resonates throughout unmoored Martin's voyage between past and present.
Variety
Peter Debruge
Though Demy's approach breaks no new ground, directorially speaking, Martin's personal journey finds a fresh angle on a universal piece of wisdom.
Battleship Pretension
Rita Cannon
Compelling in places, and gorgeous-looking all the way through. But what starts as an absorbing meditation on one man's struggle with his personal heritage soon dissolves into something else, and the second thing is a lot less interesting.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
On the surface, Demy's debut isn't making any strong statements, but he's drawing from a rich history and has made a subtle and engaging film about trawling forgotten memories from one's past.
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