The American
2.9
Drama
Romance
TV Movie
1998
84 min
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After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get past the Paris nightlife. After an affair with a haughty painter, he falls in love with the daughter of the late marquis de Bellegarde. She was married off and traumatized by her abusive late husband for the family's sake. Her elder brother supports their ruthless mother, but junior Valentin is besotted with the artist and strikes a partnership with Christopher.
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"Disappointing. "
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"It seemed like a good story manipulated badly. I never read the book. I was frustrated with the ending. I looked it up on IMDB to see if it had reviews and there were. Reviews on IMDB read that this story was changed and not in a good way. Good actors, good performances but the story changed ruined the whole thing. I did go to Spark Notes to get an idea of what the story was like. I think it still is very close but it would have been better if they had stayed closer to the literary material."
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