Americano (film)
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| Americano | |
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 The movie poster for Americano. |
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| Directed by | Kevin Noland |
| Produced by | Ruthanna Hopper Clark McCutchen Kelly J. Noland Kevin Noland Maricel Pagulayan Mark Edward Roberts Nick Satriano |
| Written by | Kevin Noland |
| Starring | Joshua Jackson Leonor Varela Timm Sharp Ruthanna Hopper Dennis Hopper |
| Music by | Sebastian Arocha-Morton Peter Golub |
| Distributed by | MTI Home Video |
| Release date(s) | January 7, 2005 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Language | English |
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Americano is a 2005 American film. The film stars Joshua Jackson, Leonor Varela, Timm Sharp, Ruthanna Hopper, and Dennis Hopper. It was written and directed by Kevin Noland.
[edit] Plot
Chris McKinley (Jackson) is a recent college graduate backpacking through Europe. He is trying to enjoy and gain as much as he can from his last days there before he starts his new career back in the United States. When he reaches Pamplona along with two friends he meets a new trio of people. He meets an Australian thrill-seeker, a Spaniard named Adella (Varela), and a provocateur (D. Hopper). This new trio encourages McKinley to think about the life and path he has chosen to take and he does so. When the time for him to leave becomes close he must ponder whether he should take the road to his fast-track career or take a new path into his life.
[edit] References
Throughout the film there are several references to literary works which parallel the themes of the movie. There are repeated allusions to the famous writer Ernest Hemingway and to his novel The Sun Also Rises. The Sun Also Rises is the story of a group of friends in Spain in the 1920s. Another reference is to Herman Hesse's tale of the buddha, Siddhartha, a story of sacrifice and a journey to finding one's self. The reference to Siddhartha is in one of the last scenes right after Chris and Adella had slept together. Adella is scanning through Chris' journal and finds a page with a summary of Siddhartha which discusses its main plot.
