American Dreamer (1984)
- Directed by
- Rick Rosenthal
- Genre
- romantic comedy, comedy thriller
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A housewife wins a trip to Paris and loses her memory after an accident. She starts to believe she is the detective from her own mystery story.
lightheartedcomicwhimsicalgentlequirkyplayfulmildly suspensefulromantic
What happens
American Dreamer is a 1984 American romantic comedy-thriller film directed by Rick Rosenthal from a script by Ann Biderman, David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf. It stars JoBeth Williams and Tom Conti. The film follows American housewife Cathy Palmer (Williams) who wins a trip to Paris in a mystery-writing contest. She loses her memory when she is hit by a motorist, and begins acting as if she were Rebecca Ryan, the female detective in her story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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