2023 · 117 min · R

American Fiction

Name: American Fiction
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2023
Duration: 117 min
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown

Directed by Cord Jefferson · Comedy, Drama

American Fiction (2023) is a Comedy film, directed by Cord Jefferson set in Boston and Los Angeles during the 2020s. It runs 117 minutes and is rated R.

Themes of identity, family & loyalty, and prejudice & racism play out through metafiction and frame narrative.

Composer

Laura Karpman

Cinematography

Cristina Dunlap

Cast

Jeffrey WrightJohn OrtizErika AlexanderLeslie UggamsSterling K. BrownSkyler WrightJohn AlesPatrick Fischler

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Boston Los Angeles

Setting

Urban Coastal Sea

When

2020s

Premise & themes

Themes

IdentityFamily & LoyaltyPrejudice & Racism

Structure

MetafictionFrame Narrative

Tone

SatiricalDarkly ComicContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

Solo Lead

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

1997
Good Will Hunting
Boston — 1990s
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant
2012
Killing Them Softly
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik
1992
Malcolm X
New York City · Boston · Mecca — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
2016
Manchester by the Sea
Boston — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan
2003
Mystic River
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
2020
Pieces of a Woman
Boston — 2010s
Urbandir. Kornél Mundruczó

American Fiction

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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