Film

Jumbo

Director
Zoé Wittock
Certificate
15
Running Time
94 mins

Awkward outsider Jeanne (Noémie Merlant of Portrait of a Lady On Fire fame) resists her overbearing mother’s insistence that she should find a man and instead pursues forbidden love with, er, a fairground ride she nicknames jumbo in this quirky, stylish and idiosyncratic romantic fantasy from French writer/director Zoé Wittock.

Should you be so inclined, you could read it as a plea for tolerance and inclusivity.

By robin askew, Thursday, Jul 8 2021

Tags:

  • Romance
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Art House

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