Let My People Go!
Country: France
Director: Mikael Buch
This hilarious fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama, and French
bedroom farce follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Reuben. He's a
French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in
“Comparative Sauna Cultures”) with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend. But just
before Passover, a series of mishaps and quarrels exile the heartbroken Reuben
back to Paris and his zany family. His ditzy mom is played by Carmen Maura
(Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). Truffaut regular Jean-François
Stévenin plays his lothario father. Managing to celebrate and upend Jewish and
gay stereotypes, it's a deeply heartwarming, fabulously kitschy and hysterically
funny movie. (2012; 86 min)
Two Shows:
Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, November 6, 9 p.m.
Regent Square Theater
Tickets: $10
visit JFilmPgh.org for tickets