Let My People Go! (2011 film)

Let My People Go!
Let My People Go!
Directed by	Mikael Buch
Produced by	Philippe Martin ; Geraldine Michelot
Starring	Nicolas Maury; Carmen Maura
Cinematography	Celine Bozon
Edited by	Simon Jacquet
Production; company	Les Films Pelleas
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange and Zeitgeist Films
Release dates	22 August 2011 (Montreal World Film Festival); 28 December 2011 (France);
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	Finland; 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. 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 who lives in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in "Comparative Sauna Cultures") with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend, Teemu. Just before Passover, a series of mishaps and a lovers' quarrel exile the heartbroken Reuben back to Paris and his zany family.

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

2012: Philadelphia QFest: Best Comedic Film^[1]
2012: Asheville QFest: Best Cinematography^[2]

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^[3]

References

^ "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". Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
^ DeFore, John (28 August 2011). "Let My People Go!: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

[1] "Let My People Go! on QFest Website". 2012 Philadelphia Cinema Alliance | 2012 TLA Entertainment Group. Retrieved 20 November 2012.

[2] Zeitgeist Films. "Let My People Go! on Zeitgeist Films Website". Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.

[3] DeFore, John (28 August 2011). "Let My People Go!: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

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