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Un américain

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An American sculptor, passioned by literature, comes to Paris to perfect his art, but ends up with barely no money, and to survive has to sell The New York Herald Tribune, at night, to his compatriots. A look at the bohemian Parisian life of the fifties.

DirectorAlain Cavalier

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Cast · Directed by Alain Cavalier

DA
Derroll Adams
JB
Jean Brasseur
IC
Irène Chabrier
CMClaude Mansard
Claude Mansard
JM
John MacLean
JD
Jimmy Davis
DC
Denise de Casabianca
Anna (uncredited)

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Un américain isn't streaming in Canada yet, so there's no way to watch it free at the moment.

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Un américain hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 1958. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.