Director: Anthony Marciano
Two guys with no money, no connections, and shaky English decide that scouting basketball talent is a job you can just fake your way into.
What is The American Dream about?
Jérémy spends his days behind a video store counter and Bouna cleans airports for a living, which makes them the least likely candidates imaginable to break into professional basketball representation. Yet that's exactly the wild premise driving this comedy: armed with nothing but nerve, hustle, and a genuine ear for raw talent, the pair start improvising their way into the sports agency world, bluffing through meetings they're wildly underqualified for and somehow landing real opportunities. What keeps them afloat isn't polish, it's a stubborn insistence on doing business with a human touch rather than the cold calculation their rivals rely on. The film tracks their improbable climb from complete outsiders to players chasing multi-million-dollar deals, treating every setback and small win as part of one long, audacious bet on themselves.
Cast & crew
Jean-Pascal Zadi and Raphaël Quenard lead as the two would-be agents, with Gregory Defleur, David Clark, Josh Casaubon, Etienne Guillou-Kervern, Gabriel Caballero, and Momar Sakanoko filling out the world of players, rivals, and skeptics around them.
Context & significance
Directed by Anthony Marciano, this French-Canadian co-production sits in a lineage of underdog business comedies, but grounds its energy specifically in basketball's agent side rather than the players themselves, a corner of sports culture rarely given comic treatment. Released in 2026, it carries a solid 7.6 rating and runs just over two hours, giving its rags-to-almost-riches arc room to breathe.
Where & how to watch
"The American Dream" is available on K-Time, where the interface is built in Farsi for Persian-speaking viewers around the world. The film's page can be read by anyone, and watching it only requires logging into a free K-Time account, no extra steps beyond that.