Jumbo
Year: 2020
Directed by: Jean-Baptise Durand
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon and Sam Louwyck
Production: Insolence Productions, Les Films Fauves and Kwassa Films
Nominations and awards:
Sundance Film Festival, Berlinale (Generation 14+ Section), Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival, Sitges Film FestivalJeanne works as a security guard in an amusement park. She has a close relationship with her mother, Margarette. While no man manages to interfere in their lives, Jeanne develops strange feelings towards Jumbo, the new attraction.
The story behind
As a jury member at the Court Métrange festival, Anaïs discovered ZW's short film, "This is not an umbrella", made while she was a student at the American Film Institute. She gave her an honorable mention and left with a promise of a screenplay. When she received the script for what would become "JUMBO", she assured Zoé that "it would be their first feature film" together. The prophecy came true 4 years later.
Partners
CNC – Advance on receipts, Film Fund Luxembourg, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Wallimage, Eurimages, Sofitvcine, ProcirepDistribution: Rézo FilmsPurchased by OCS
