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American Perfekt

Criminal psychiatrist Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility with an experimental road trip during which every decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant however, Sandra is picked up by Jake, whose coin flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules. Or worse. Jake and Sandra's romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by the flip of a coin - at least until Sandra mysteriously disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister, Alice ...

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Cast & Crew See All

Amanda Plummer
Sandra
Robert Forster
Jake
David Thewlis
Santini

Awards

  • 1997 - President Award - Best Director - winner
  • 1997 - President Award - Best Director - winner
  • 1997 - Un Certain Regard Award - - nominated

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