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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

Original title: Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000
  • 19761976
  • 1h 56m
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7.5/10
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Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
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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" six... Read allThe 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 su... Read allThe 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 mean... Read all
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1.1K
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    • Alain Tanner
    • John Berger
    • Alain Tanner(dialogue adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Myriam Boyer
    • Jean-Luc Bideau
    • Miou-Miou
    • Alain Tanner
    • John Berger
    • Alain Tanner(dialogue adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Myriam Boyer
    • Jean-Luc Bideau
    • Miou-Miou
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    • 13User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Myriam Boyer
    • Mathilde
    Jean-Luc Bideau
    Jean-Luc Bideau
    • Max
    Miou-Miou
    Miou-Miou
    • Marie
    Jacques Denis
    • Marco
    Roger Jendly
    • Marcel
    Dominique Labourier
    Dominique Labourier
    • Marguerite
    Myriam Mézières
    Myriam Mézières
    • Madeleine
    • (as Myriam Mézière)
    Rufus
    Rufus
    • Mathieu
    Raymond Bussières
    Raymond Bussières
    • Old Charles
    • (as Raymond Bussière)
    Pierre Holdener
    Maurice Aufair
    Jean Schlegel
    Gilbert Costa
    Christine Wipf
    Guillaume Chenevière
    Robert Schmid
    Daniel Stuffel
    Francis Reusser
      • Alain Tanner
      • John Berger
      • Alain Tanner(dialogue adaptation) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Ran for months on the repertory, art house circuit in the 70s.
    • Quotes

      Marcel: You know whales are one of the few, animals with inexpressive voices? When a dog or a cat express themselves, they bark or meow expressively. But whales only make coded noises. With mathematics we may soon understand them. Do you know what some sailors found near Kamchatka? Unknown big pink island. And uncharted. Know what they were? Shrimps. Immense pile of shrimps! Shrimp islands. And do you know why? Why we're going to eat shrimps three times a day? With dessert and with coffee? Because whales are killed for lipstick. And since whales eat scrimps but can't since they're all killed, we'll all die of indigestion from scrimps. And a good thing too.

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      Referenced in Cinéma mort ou vif? (1978)

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    10/10
    One of the few genuinely politically conscious treatments of society present in the film medium
    How was this film ever made? It presents many aspects of the left wing of politics genuinely, as they see themselves; not as reinterpreted through a capitalist middle-class filter or stereotype. Film has been such a capital intensive medium that it seems none ever get made without the approval of some millionaire or corporate backer, and that all structure themselves, and the worldviews they express, to win this approval; consequently people on the left get used to caricature or demonization as their only screen presence. Not so in "Jonas...". In a way the characters are archetypes, representing: sexual freedom, generosity and social consideration, intellectual expansiveness instead of reductionism, atheism, naturalistic identification, communality in spirit, stoicism etc; but I find identification with the characters easy. But it is not Utopian; the consequences for generosity of spirit in a greedy context are dramatized in the story of imprisonment and persecution. As with all good politics, the underlying message is not a mere power squabble; but a reflection on cosmic order, what the right tends to call "spiritual" concerns. The inflowing of people into the energy of the birth of Jonas and the disintegration of that unity after the event has transpired makes "Jonas..." a profoundly philosophic and satisfying story. After 30 years this is still one of my favourite movies.
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      • December 1, 1976 (France)
      • Switzerland
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Director's official site
      • Swiss Films page
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland
    • Production companies
      • Action Films
      • Citel Films
      • Société Française de Production (SFP)
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
      • Mono

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