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About
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.
Theatrical
Jul 29, 1994
Budget
$3.2M
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 2, 2002
Director
Whit Stillman
Writer
Whit Stillman
Producers
Whit Stillman, Cecilia Kate Roque, Edmon Roch
Music
Mark Suozzo
Studio
Castle Rock Entertainment, Westerly Films
Quotes
See all →Love Amidst Cultural Tensions
Tagline
Americans. Anti Americans. In Love.
Cultural Differences and Personal Reactions
Ted
You see, that's one of the great things about getting involved with someone from another country. You can't take it personally. What's really terrific is that when we act in ways which might objectively be considered asshole-ish or incredibly annoying... they don't get upset at all. They don't take it personally. They just assume it's some national characteristic.
Fred
Cosa de gringos.
Ted
Yeah.
Dickie
Fantastic.
Ted, Fred
Yeah.
[together]
Debating Marriage and Personal Values
Marta
I think there is something fascist about a boy who immediately talks of marrying a woman he likes.
Fred
I don’t think Ted is a fascist of the marrying kind.
U.S. Policy Compared to Ant Colonies
Ted
Maybe you'd like an analogy. Well, take... take these ants. In the U.S. view, a small group, or cadre, of fierce red ants have taken power and are oppressing the black ant majority. Now the stated U.S. policy is to aid those black ants opposing the red ants in hopes of restoring democracy, and to impede the red ants from assisting their red ant comrades in neighboring ant colonies.
Ramon
That is clearly the most disgusting description of U.S. policy I have ever heard. The Third World is just a lot of ants to you.
Jurgen
Those are people dying, not ants.
Ted
No, I... I don't think you understand. I was reducing everything to ant scale, the... the U.S. included. An ant White House, an ant CIA, an ant Congress, an ant Pentagon...
Ramon
Secret ant landing strips, illegally established on foreign soil.
Fred
Where are the red ants?
Ted
There.
[pointing to an ant hill]
Cast
Full credits →T
Taylor Nichols
Ted Boynton
C
Chris Eigeman
Fred Boynton
T
Tushka Bergen
Montserrat Raventos
M
Mira Sorvino
Marta Ferrer
P
Pep Munné
Ramone
H
Hellena Taylor
Greta
N
Núria Badia
Aurora Boval
J
Jack Gilpin
The Consul
T
Thomas Gibson
Dickie Taylor
P
Pere Ponce
Young Doctor
F
Francis Creighton
Frank
E
Edmon Roch
Javier
D
Diana Sassen
"Shootings in America" Woman
À
Àngels Bassas
"Jazz" Woman
A
Andrea Montero
1st Trade Fair Girl
P
Paca Barrera
Plain Princess
N
Nico Baixas
Hangar Trumpeter
D
Debbon Ayer
Betty
M
Mercè Puy
Hospital Nurse
J
James Shaw
Schoolboy Actor
