"Americano" centres around Chris McKinley (Jackson), a recent college graduate backpacking through Europe who savours his last three days of freedom before boarding the career fast track back in the United States. In Pamplona with two friends (Timm Sharp and Ruthanna Hopper), Chris meets an Australian thrill-seeker (Phil Barantini), a quintessential Spanish beauty (Varela) and an enigmatic provocateur (Dennis Hopper), all of whom encourage him to rethink his life. As the minutes and seconds until his departure tick away, Chris struggles with an age-old question: Should he follow the beaten path or risk it all on the road less travelled?
Acting
Dennis Hopper doing Dennis Hopper things in Spain.
Cinematography
Pamplona actually looks this good at golden hour.
Director
Kevin Noland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kevin Noland's directorial debut, shot entirely on location during the actual San Fermín festival with real bull runs happening around the cast.
The film captures mid-2000s 'Eurotrip' cinema perfectly — that brief era where American millennials thought backpacking would solve capitalism.
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