A disturbing and magnificent examination of present-day America, American Passages takes a magnifying glass to this immense country (11 states are represented) in the aftermath of Obama's election. Ruth Beckermann's approach is founded on three crucial principles: multiplying the fleeting encounters, varying the viewpoints and communities represented, and paying attention at every turn to the environment. With a painterly eye to detail and myth that rivals Edward Hopper's, the filmmaker takes us from the testimony of a one-time compulsive gambler in Las Vegas to the moving confession of a prostitute, with a tour of a millionaire's home and an intense evangelical celebration thrown in for good measure. The result is a timely mosaic on a contradictory, tense and strangely united culture.

Director : Ruth Beckermann
Country : Austria
Year : 2011
Language : English
Subtitles : French
Duration : 120 min
Picture : Lisa Rinzler, Antoine Parouty
Editor : Dieter Pichler
Sound : Atanas Tcholakov, Matthew Dennis
Production : Ursula Wolschlager

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