Directed by:
Alain TannerCinematography:
Renato BertaComposer:
Jean-Marie SéniaCast:
Myriam Boyer, Dominique Labourier, Miou-Miou, Rufus, Raymond Bussières, Maurice Aufair, Jean-Luc Bideau, Myriam Mézières, Jacques Denis, Roger Jendly (more)Plots(1)
Set in Geneva in the aftermath of the political turmoil in Europe in 1968, the story follows the intertwined lives of a disparate array of characters: an unemployed typesetter and union militant, a factory worker, a secretary, a couple who runs an organic truck-farm, a copyeditor, a history teacher and a supermarket cashier — four men and four women — whom Tanner called his “little prophets”: Each grapples with political disillusionment and thinking about new ways of being. Tanner described the film as “a dramatic tragicomedy in political science fiction.” Jonah perfectly crystalizes the mood of the early 70s, a mixture of failing political projects, fraying revolutionary ideals, along with an enduring sense of hope and possibility (Telluride Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Myriam Boyer
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Dominique Labourier
France
Best movies:
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
It Only Happens to Others (1971)
Miou-Miou
France
Best movies:
May Fools (1990)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Rufus
France
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Raymond Bussières
France
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Maurice Aufair
Best movies:
Les Petites Fugues (1979)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Jean-Luc Bideau
Switzerland
Best movies:
State of Siege (1972)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Tom Thumb (1972)
Myriam Mézières
France
Best movies:
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
A Flame in My Heart (1987)
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse (1973)
Jacques Denis
Morocco
Best movies:
I... For Icarus (1979)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
La Salamandre (1971)
Roger Jendly
Best movies:
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Allons z'enfants (1981)
Robert Schmid
Best movies:
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Francis Reusser
Switzerland
Best movies:
Jean Schlegel
Switzerland
Best movies:
Les Petites Fugues (1979)
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)