Henry Fonda for President | Stranger Than Fiction

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HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT

AT/D 2024 - 184' - OVD - Director: Alexander Horwath

A documentary essay about the USA - viewed through the lens of a film actor. Henry Fonda and his roles merge into a dazzling and conflict-ridden figure. A very reserved man who sees himself as an anonymous figure, a "blank space", becomes the driving force, the secret author of a great American narrative. His voice, recorded in 1981 during his last interview, and the characters he played lead us through the film - and on a road trip across the USA: from a place called Fonda, NY, via the Midwest, where the actor grew up, to the Pacific. And they take us through the history of the country, from 1651 to the 1980s, when another film actor became US president.

"In his detailed, knowledgeable and always entertaining essay, director Alexander Horwath takes us on a journey through film history that shows the potential of the USA to become a nation that is social, just and open. With Henry Fonda, we experience not only a great actor, but a man who was much more than just the face of the land of opportunity." Daniel Sponsel, DOK.fest Munich

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