American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

1989 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 127 VOTES · DIR. Chantal Akerman

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Overview

An exploration of Jewish American identity in a multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. A series of first-person addresses delivered by a cross-section of Jewish New Yorkers, whose by turns tragic and humourous tales speak to a collective history of trauma, displacement, and resilience.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,416 lines

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00:01:08 - .
00:07:15 did not love without even asking her opinion.
00:10:29 took me in his arms and whispered in my ear.
00:13:52 And she smiled.
00:18:14 And the following day, she woke up singing.
00:22:43 He believed my studies were separating me from God and he
00:26:25 Inside, they began to pray.
00:30:29 And my wife nags and nags and nags until I go crazy.
00:34:28 fainted.
00:38:55 the man who loved her.
00:43:11 I packed our backs, and I took the two children in my arms and
00:46:38 And when I heard these words, I felt the blood leave my body.
00:49:38 I saw him.
00:53:18 -We can die even in the next minute.
00:56:29 But how can I, a dishonored woman,
00:59:52 and sounds so familiar.
01:03:53 And now that I've found some money,
01:07:55 And in a clean glass, please.
01:11:24 -
01:15:27 -!
01:20:43 -But you still have emphysema.
01:26:34 inside...
01:28:51 Do you turn to the left or to the right?
01:32:45 How he remembers!"

Cast & Characters

Mark Amitin
Eszter Balint
Stephan Balint
Judith Malina Kirk Baltz
Sharon Diskin
George Bartenieff
Billy Bastiani
Isha Manna Beck
Roy Nathanson

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,416
Dialogue density14.8 lines / min
First line00:01:08
Final line01:32:45

Production Record

DirectorChantal Akerman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes127

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