American Perfekt (1997)

Directed by

Paul Chart

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist picks up a stranded motorist on a desert road. They meet a conman and then both the motorist and the conman disappear. The psychiatrist's motives become unclear as he searches for them.

suspensefuluneasymoodydeliberateunsettlingtenseenigmaticdark

What happens

American Perfekt is a 1997 American independent road crime thriller film written and directed by Paul Chart, produced by Irvin Kershner. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Robert Forster as a psychiatrist who gives a motorist (Amanda Plummer) a lift after her car breaks down. The seemingly good Samaritan's intentions become questionable when the duo run into a traveling conman (David Thewlis) and both abruptly vanish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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