Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Alain Tanner

Writers:

John Berger (writer)
Alain Tanner (dialogue adaptation)

Release Date:

1 December 1976 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several...

Plot Keywords:

Future | Switzerland | Home Schooling | Geneva Switzerland | Cinema Verite

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Max
Myriam Boyer	...	Mathilde
Jacques Denis	...	Marco
Roger Jendly	...	Marcel
Dominique Labourier	...	Marguerite
Myriam Mézières	...	Madeleine (as Myriam Mézière)
Miou-Miou	...	Marie
Rufus	...	Mathieu
Raymond Bussières	...	Old Charles (as Raymond Bussière)
Pierre Holdener
Maurice Aufair
Jean Schlegel
Gilbert Costa
Christine Wipf
Guillaume Chenevière

Also Known As:

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (USA)

Runtime:

USA:116 min

Country:

France | Switzerland

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland

Company:

Action Films

Everyone is forced to see the unpleasant truth sooner or later.

"Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000" may be the only Swiss movie that I know about, but it's a great one. It focuses on several aging radicals and their realization that maybe the world couldn't eventually be like they had one day hoped for. They had participated in the 1968 uprising in Paris - and everything surrounding that - but are now trying to figure out where exactly they belong in this changing world of the 1970s.

Alain Tanner really created something impressive here. We see how, although they understand that their goals were probably unattainable, they have not abandoned their political views. "JWWB25ITY2000" is what great film-making is all about.