Let My People Go! (2011 film)
| Let My People Go! | |
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| Directed by | Mikael Buch |
| Produced by |
Philippe Martin Geraldine Michelot |
| Edited by | Simon Jacquet |
Production company |
Les Films Pelleas |
| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange and Zeitgeist Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Let My People Go! is a 2011 film directed by Mikael Buch. It premiered at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and was released in December 2011 in France.[1] It was released in the United States in 2013 by Zeitgeist Films and grossed $18,529 domestically.
Synopsis
Ruben is a French-Jewish gay mailman is living in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in "Comparative Sauna Cultures") with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend. Just before Passover, a series of mishaps and a lovers' quarrel exile the heartbroken Reuben back to Paris and his zany family—including Carmen Maura as his ditzy mom, and Truffaut regular Jean-François Stévenin as his lothario father. Scripted by director Mikael Buch and renowned arthouse auteur Christophe Honoré, Let My People Go! both celebrates and upends Jewish and gay stereotypes.[2]
Main cast
- Nicolas Maury as Ruben
- Carmen Maura as Rachel
- Jean-François Stévenin as Nathan
- Amira Casar as Irène
- Clément Sibony as Samuel
- Jarkko Niemi as Teemu
- Jean-Luc Bideau as Maurice
- Didier Flamand as André
- Kari Väänänen as Monsieur Tilikainen
- Olavi Uusivirta as Fredrik
- Aurore Clément as Françoise
- Michaël Abiteboul as Ézechiel
- Charlie Dupont as Hervé
Awards
Reception
"A fairy-tale romance whose title acknowledges both a saturation in and longing to be free of Jewish cultural baggage, Mikael Buch's Let My People Go!cross-breeds cultures that are rarely paired onscreen. International box-office prospects are fair in urban arthouses, where the presence of Almodóvar collaborator Carmen Maura may tip moviegoers off to the pop-inflected, comic semi-scandals in store." -John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter[5]
References
- ↑ IMDb. "Let My People Go! on Internet Movie Database". Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ Zeitgeist Films. "Let My People Go! on Zeitgeist Films Website". Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "Let My People Go! on QFest Website". 2012 Philadelphia Cinema Alliance | 2012 TLA Entertainment Group. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ Zeitgeist Films. "Let My People Go! on Zeitgeist Films Website". Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ DeFore, John. "Let My People Go!: Film Review".