The American
Emilienne could have been my grandmother if she hadn’t had a taste for travelling.In her home village in the heart of the Jura Mountains, she remembers the years she spent in New York.I discover scraps of her unsuspected life there in the super8 films that she has entrusted to me.
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- Craft · Drama · Tension
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Emilienne could have been my grandmother if she hadn’t had a taste for travelling. In her home village in the heart of the Jura Mountains, she remembers the years she spent in New York. I discover scraps of her unsuspected life there in the super8 films that she has entrusted to me. Yet something else captures my attention…
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- Release date
- Nov 17, 2019
- Runtime
- 0h 25m
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- Language
- French
- Country
- France
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