Producers Yves Darondeau, Christophe Lioud and Emmanuel Priou and helmer Yannis Mangematin recently have begun tracking the band Amen Birdmen for a year as they tour the states. The production has garnered unrestricted access to the band's activities as they meet with record executives, publishers and DJs along the way. "In a country where even french fries are ridiculed, does a French rock band even stand a chance?" Darondeau said of the humorous English-language docu.

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