--- title: 'American Woman (2019)' type: 'film' director: 'Semi Chellas' released: '2019-04-28' runtime_minutes: 85 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-woman-2019' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9109492/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # American Woman (2019) 2019 · 85 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis American Woman is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Semi Chellas, in her feature directorial debut. It stars Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, John Gallagher Jr., Lola Kirke, David Cubitt, Jordan Pettle, Richard Walters and Ellen Burstyn. Based on the 2003 novel of the same title by Susan Choi, the film is a fictional account of Wendy Yoshimura, the real-life woman who cared for heiress Patty Hearst after she was abducted. ## Credits - **Director:** [Semi Chellas](https://cinepixo.com/people/semi-chellas) - **Screenplay:** [Semi Chellas](https://cinepixo.com/people/semi-chellas) - **Original Music Composer:** [Lesley Barber](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesley-barber) - **Producer:** [Christina Piovesan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christina-piovesan) - **Director of Photography:** [Gregory Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-middleton) - **Editor:** [Lindsay Allikas](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-allikas) ## Cast - [Sarah Gadon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-gadon) as Pauline - [David Tompa](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tompa) as Fingerprinter - [Matt Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-gordon) as Bob - [David Cubitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cubitt) as Agent John Spivey - [Lola Kirke](https://cinepixo.com/people/lola-kirke) as Yvonne - [Richard Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-walters) as Thomas - [John Gallagher, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gallagher-jr) as Juan - [Dru Viergever](https://cinepixo.com/people/dru-viergever) as State Trooper - [Ellen Burstyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-burstyn) as Miss Dolly - [Hong Chau](https://cinepixo.com/people/hong-chau) as Jenny ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-woman-2019 Film facts: Wikidata (Q64682327); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.