Synopsis
Joey Wellman, a cantankerous American cartoonist, accepts an invitation to come to an exhibition in Paris, because his estranged daughter Elsie is a student there. He arrives with his girlfriend Lena, and very soon wants to go home as the culture shock is too much for him. Elsie puts off meeting him because she is busy trying to find Professor Christian Gauthier, in order to get him to read her thesis on Flaubert. However Gauthier is enamored with American culture, and invites Joey and some other Americans to his mother's house for the weekend. Elsie arrives at the gathering in time for the masquerade party and to see her father beginning to appreciate French culture.
Cast
Charlotte Bonnet·Gérard Depardieu·Geraldine Chaplin·Ludivine Sagnier·Adolph Green·Micheline Presle·Linda Lavin·Caroline Silhol·Anne Roussel·John Ashton·François-Eric Gendron·Emmanuelle Chaulet·Françoise Bertin·Anne Teyssèdre·Alain Fromager·Catherine Arditi·Isabelle Turpault·Laura Benson·Jean Champion·Jean-Marc Cozic·Lucienne Hamon·Pierre Decazes·Patrick Bonnel·Raphaëline Goupilleau·Peter Hudson
Film Credits
Cinematography by Charles Van Damme, with production design by Jacques Saulnier.
Screenplay
Jules Feiffer
Cinematography
Charles Van Damme
Production Design
Jacques Saulnier
Costume Design
Catherine Leterrier
Music
John Kander
Country
France
Language
French, English
Runtime
100 min
Awards
3 wins & 5 nominations
IMDb
5.4/10 · 1K votes
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