# Amerikanisches Idyll (2016)

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**Original title**: *American Pastoral*
**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Ewan McGregor
**Written by**: John Romano
**Starring**: Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, David Strathairn, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans

> *A radically ordinary story.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a champion, gifted with success, family, and status in postwar America. But your daughter embraces radical politics. Her choices upend your assumptions.

McGregor's directorial debut wrestles with how one generation's ideals clash against another's.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw

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