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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

1976 · 1h 56m · N/A Drama
Directed by Alain Tanner

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The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" sixties. Max, a dissatisfied copy editor; Myriam, a redhead into tantric sex; and Marie, a supermarket checker who gives unauthorized discounts to the elderly, search for renewed meaning on a communal farm. The title character, a six-year-old child, is the carrier of their hopes for the future.

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It's a heady experience following their agile ruminations on time, language and perception, deftly superimposed on a film that pleases visually and formally.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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The performances are so thoroughly integrated with the material that I'm not sure where performances begin and the work of the director and the writers leaves off. The entire cast is splendid.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
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Funny, moving, and instructive, Jonah is that rare thing: a political film that speaks to the heart as well as the mind.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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