L'Américain

L'Américain

2004 · 94 min · ★ 3.0 · Comedy

Francis Farge, alias "The American" could have remained a man like the others but a strange obsession animates him: he feels American body and soul.

Directed by Patrick Timsit · Written by Jean-Carol Larrivé

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