Jumbo
2020 · Movie · NR · 93 min · ★ 5.7 · 68% critics
A shy amusement park worker, already tightly bound to her mother, finds her life changing when she forms an unexpected emotional connection with a new ride. What begins as an unusual attraction grows into a tender, offbeat story about desire, loneliness, and being different.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-03-07
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (70 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy unusual, heartfelt romances with a gentle weird streak, especially if Bird People or The Fairy worked for you; Not for you if you need a more grounded story or fuller supporting characters.
Pros: original premise; sympathetic lead performance; tender, nonjudgmental tone | Cons: thin story; underdeveloped side characters; strained ending
Themes
- autism
- amusement park
- paraphilia
- objectum sexuality
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2020 · nominated
Cast & crew
Noémie Merlant
as Jeanne
Emmanuelle Bercot
as Margarette
Sam Louwyck
as Hubert
Bastien Bouillon
as Marc
- TD
Tracy Dossou
as Fati
- JB
Jonathan Bartholme
as Le Maigrichon
- EN
Eduard Nemcsenko
as Teen 1
- ND
Noah Daccrissio
as Teen 2
- ID
Idao Daccrissio
as Teen 3
- SR
Stephen Rohde
as Teen 4
Directed by Zoé Wittock