L’Amérique
DRAMA BIOGRAPHICAL COMEDY FAMILY HISTORICAL FICTION MEMOIR YOUNG ADULT
1940s & '50s
Thierry Sagnier
Logline
Set in Paris shortly after World War II, L'Amerique recounts the fortitude of one Parisian family in a nation humiliated by defeat and torn by recrimination. It is the story of Jeanot, a boy raised by disparate people, and the journey that will take him to L'Amerique, where dreams come true, but rarely as expected.
Genre
Drama, Biographical, Comedy, Family, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Young Adult,
Short Summary
Growing up in Paris in the 1950s and coming to America, a different reality altogether.
Setting
Paris, Washington DC
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age, Happy Ending
Mature Audience Themes
Language/Profanity, Substance Abuse
Main Character Details
Name: Jeanot
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Engaging, Funny, Heroic, Insecure, Underdog, Adventurous, Aspiring, Extraordinary Powers and Abilities, Naive
Additional Character Details
Name: Marite, Jeanot's mother; Roland, his father; Babette, a girl in France; KC, a US girl.
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Role: Logical
Key Traits: Adventurous, Aggressive, Aspiring
Additional Character Details
Name: An elderly great aunt; her maid; a Russian concierge in Paris
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Role: Logical
Key Traits: Adventurous
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