
Transamerica(2005)
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.


Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter, and as they travel across the American landscape they see their country through different eyes, ranging from Peter's cynically nihilistic point of view, to Chris' high expectations and romantic notions of the United States.

James Duval
Chris

Michael A. Goorjian
Peter

Tara Agace
Mary

Morgan Vukovic
Sisse

James Merendino
Amerikana is a comedy, adventure film released in 2001 exploring themes of friendship, leere, los angeles, california, unhappiness, road movie, dogme 95. Directed by James Merendino, it stars James Duval, Michael A. Goorjian, Tara Agace. Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter, and as they travel across the American landscape they see their country through different eyes, ranging from Peter's cynically nihilistic point of view, to Chris' high expectations and romantic notions of the United States.
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