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In French with English subtitles. Widescreen. Also known as
Jonas Qui Aura 25 Ans en l'an 2000.
Directed by
Alain Tanner. An unemployed laborer, Mathieu, gets a job on a small farm run by Marcel and his wife Marguerite. His wife Mathilde is pregnant, and they intend to call the new-born baby Jonas. They become friends with a disillusion political activist, Max, and a history teacher, Marco, who uses bizarre teaching methods. Marco befriends Marie, a supermarket cashier, who steals from her shop to help out an old friend. Meanwhile, Max is seduced by the passionate Madeleine, who works for he firm that intends to exploit farmers like Marcel.
The events on May 1968 were but a dim echo by 1976, by some clung to the ideals which this period threw up. This film is a fascinating study of eight such individuals who try to find an alternative to the trashy corrupt materialistic world. Although their struggle is largely in vain, they each seem to gain from their attempts to follow an alternative life style and the film's theme is as relevant today as it was in 1976.
