Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
| Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 | |
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| Directed by | Alain Tanner |
| Written by | John Berger Alain Tanner |
| Produced by | Yves Gasser Yves Peyrot |
| Starring | Myriam Boyer Jean-Luc Bideau Miou-Miou |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
| Edited by | Brigitte Sousselier |
| Music by | Jean-Marie Sénia |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Countries | Switzerland France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $2.2 million[1] |
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (French: Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) is a 1976 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Tanner and John Berger. The location of the shooting was Geneva.
The film follows the lives of couples in the wake of the social and political tumult of
Cast
In alphabetical order
- Jean-Luc Bideau as Max
- Myriam Boyer as Mathilde
- Raymond Bussières as Charles
- Jacques Denis as Marco Perly
- Roger Jendly as Marcel Certoux
- Dominique Labourier as Marguerite Certoux
- Myriam Mézières as Madeleine
- Miou-Miou as Marie
- Rufus as Mathieu Vernier
Reception
Critical response
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 has an approval rating of 83% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.5/10.[2]
The film was favourably reviewed by Pauline Kael in The New Yorker: "The whole film is designed as a collection of little routines. Jonah is so ingeniously constructed that one can enjoy it the way one enjoyed Renoir's egalitarian films of the thirties, relating to each character in turn."[3]
Awards and nominations
The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the
See also
- List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Jonas qui aura 25 ans en 2000 (1976) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jonah_who_will_be_25_in_the_year_2000
- ISBN 978-0-7145-2726-0p.179-183
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links
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