America as Seen by a Frenchman
6.9
12 votes
June 8, 1960
1h 31m
Overview
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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