Americano

Nov 30, 2011

1h 45m

★ 4.9

Overview

A real estate agent from Paris arrives in Los Angeles to settle his late mother's estate, but a found photograph sends him on an impromptu journey to Mexico to find a woman named Lola.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films de L'Autre

Ciné-Tamaris

Ciné+

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma

Région des Pays-de-la-Loire

CNC

Canal+

ARTE France Cinéma

Americano Trailers

Cast

'Lola'

Salma Hayek Pinault

Martin

Mathieu Demy

Linda

Geraldine Chaplin

Claire

Chiara Mastroianni

Luis

Carlos Bardem

Le père

Jean-Pierre Mocky

L'Allemand

André Wilms

La mère (archive footage)

Sabine Mamou

Le douanier

Timothy Davis

Le facteur

Cokey Falkow

Voice (Uncredited)

Agnès Varda

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