America as Seen by a Frenchman
L'Amérique insolite
1960 · 1h 31m · Documentary · France
At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.
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