Americano (Mathieu Demy)

[pro-bassoonist]

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https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=9305

MPI Home Video have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Mathieu Demy's (son of director Agnes Varda and Jacques Demy) Americano (2011), starring Salma Hayek, Geraldine Chaplin, Chiara Mastroianni, and Carlos Bardem. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is October 30th.

Writer/director/co-star Mathieu Demy's feature directorial debut Americano functions both as an homage to his famous parents, filmmakers Agnes Varda and Jacques Demy, and as a work that stands entirely on its own. The death of his mother draws a young Frenchman (Demy) back to his childhood home in Los Angeles as he prepares to wrap up his mother's estate. Things become complicated when he discovers that she was very fond of a woman named Lola, who appears in her will. Martin combs Los Angeles for his mother's mysterious friend and companion, finding no trace of her. Traumatized at the sight ofhis mother's body in the morgue, he drives to Tijuana in search of Lola, thinking she should inherit his mother's apartment. But is Lola, his childhood playmate, truly the woman who brightened his mother's life in Los Angeles — or is she a darker femme fatale, echoing the titular screen character from one of Jacques Demy's key works?

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[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

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Great to hear... I was hoping to see that kind of opinion on here after becoming curious about this title, reading the news on it just now.

[MichaelR]

Americano Blu-ray review

[Scottie]

Is this movie worth a blind buy?

[Hawkguy]

I watched this last night and loved it. I thought it was a great study of a character dealing with something they don't know how to deal with. All the changes that occur in the film in the tone and look felt right to me, and represented the state he was in at each point really well. As the review mentions, the interview included on the disc definitely offers insight into his intentions with the film, and adds to your appreciation.