Arnaud des Pallières’s new work unfolds as the four-month diary of an anonymous narrator in an unspecified year, weaving together images and narratives from the USA in the 20th century. More than a decade after American Dust (Poussières d’Amérique) (2011), the French filmmaker embraces a similarly essayistic form, alternating archive material with reflective intertitles and subjective text. Des Pallières’ distinctive cinematic language continues his exploration of a partly fantasised USA, portrayed as both a physical place defined by personal stories and a universal space marked by global events.