Someone Else's America

Sep 9, 1995

1h 36m

★ 6.5

Two friends, two worlds, one dream.

Overview

This tale takes place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

MACT Productions

Stefi 2

Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)

Magnolia Mae Films

European Co-production Fund

Intrinsica Films

Canal+

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Cast

Alonso

Tom Conti

Bajo

Miki Manojlović

Alonsova majka

María Casares

Bajova majka

Zorka Manojlović

Lukas

Sergej Trifunović

Pančito

José Ramón Rosario

Vodič

Lanny Flaherty

Grčki agent

Mihalis Giannatos

Nadzornik

Michael Willis

Doktor

Predrag Ejdus

Kineskinja

Chia-Ching Niu

Savka

Anđela Stojković

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