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Le Voyage en Amérique (1952)

Le Voyage en Amérique poster
Directed by
Henri Lavorel
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French family travels to the United States after World War Two and discovers the differences in daily life between the two countries. The story follows their experiences with American wealth and habits.

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What happens

The Voyage to America (French: Le Voyage en Amérique) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Lavorel and starring Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps and Jean Brochard. The film contrasts the prosperity of France and the United States in the post-Second World War era It replaced the Laurel and Hardy film Atoll K at the Olympia cinema in Paris, and was much more successful. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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