{"id":2279,"date":"2007-02-09T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2021-11-13T21:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T04:34:42","slug":"jonah-who-will-be-25-in-the-year-2000-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2279","title":{"rendered":"Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The holes prophets make to see the future are the same ones historians use to look at the past.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Poster-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Poster-96x128.jpg 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Poster.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFormer revolutionaries in Switzerland &#8212; including a high school teacher (Jacques Denis), a cashier (Miou-Miou), a typesetter-turned-gardener (Jean-Luc Bideau), and a secretary (Myriam Mezieres) &#8212; struggle to find meaning in their post-1960s lives.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Ensemble Films<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFull of intelligent dialogue, quirky characters, and countless memorable moments, this European forerunner to John Sayles&#8217; <em>The Return of the Secaucus Seven<\/em> (1980) remains one of Swiss director Alain Tanner&#8217;s most enjoyable and accessible films. By the end of the movie, we learn how these diverse characters are all (perhaps inevitably) connected to one another &#8212; but the finale seems natural rather than contrived, and takes nothing away from our genuine interest in their personal struggles up till then. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2-1024x631.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2-438x270.png 438w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Table2.png 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, one can&#8217;t help rooting for these all-too-human characters as they struggle to reconcile their socialist ideals with the reality of life in a capitalist society. Ultimately, Tanner succeeds in portraying the passion and zeal of former revolutionaries without patronizing them &#8212; not an easy task. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denis&#8217; unorthodox yet fascinating high school teaching methods<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis-432x270.png 432w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Denis.png 1493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Miou-Miou&#8217;s early performance as a subversive cashier who steals food for her elderly neighbor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou-433x270.png 433w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Miou-Miou.png 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mezieres as a secretary unabashedly into tantric sex<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres-1024x647.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres-1024x647.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres-428x270.png 428w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Jonah-Mezieres.png 1487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This remains Tanner&#8217;s most enjoyable film, and is recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0074718\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/10\/02\/archives\/tanners-jonah-a-cerebral-film.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The holes prophets make to see the future are the same ones historians use to look at the past.&#8221; Synopsis: Former revolutionaries in Switzerland &#8212; including a high school teacher (Jacques Denis), a cashier (Miou-Miou), a typesetter-turned-gardener (Jean-Luc Bideau), and a secretary (Myriam Mezieres) &#8212; struggle to find meaning in their post-1960s lives. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Ensemble Films Revolutionaries Swiss Films Review: Full of intelligent dialogue, quirky characters, and countless memorable moments, this European forerunner to John&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2279\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78334,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/78334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}