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Let My People Go!
- Director: Mikael Buch
- Writer: Mikael Buch; Christophe Honoré
- Producer: Aleksi Hyvärinen; Aleksi Hyvärinen
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How to be kind about something so horrible...
Bollocks...why be kind?!?
Convoluted, mechanically camp and undeniably irritating...that's Nicolas Maury's character.
As for the story...ditto.
If you like French farce with some Finnish bits thrown in - this is the film for you.
Otherwise, stay well clear.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Ruben (Nicolas Maury) is a French Jewish gay man (think Pee Wee Herman meets David Sedaris) living in a candy-colored world in Finland with his lover Teemu (Jarkko Niemi), where Ruben works as a postman. One fateful day three days before Passover, Ruben tries to deliver an envelope of euros to a widower, who refuses to accept it, and collapses on his lawn. Teemu and Ruben fight over what to do with the cash and Ruben heads to Paris to think, and to celebrate Passover with his mother (played by Carmen Maura). Back home, Teemu is trying to get to the bottom of things - or should we say the top? - while Ruben discovers in Paris that a certain someone has missed Ruben more than he knew.
Cast & Characters
Nicolas Maury as Ruben;
Carmen Maura as Rachel;
Jean-François Stévenin as Nathan;
Amira Casar as Irene;
Clement Sibony as Samuel;
Jarkko Niemi as Teemu;
Jean-Luc Bideau as Maurice Goldberg;
Aurore Clement as Françoise;
Kari Väänänen as Mr. Tiilikainen;
Outi Mäenpää as Helka