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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary A fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama and French bedroom farce, Mikael Buch’s Let My People Go! follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Reuben (Regular Lovers’ Nicolas Maury), a French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in “Comparative Sauna Cultures”) with his gorgeous Nordic bo...

Directed By: Mikael Buch

Written By: Christophe Honoré, Mikael Buch

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Let My People Go!

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary A fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama and French bedroom farce, Mikael Buch’s Let My People Go! follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Reuben (Regular Lovers’ Nicolas Maury), a French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in “Comparative Sauna Cultures”) with his gorgeous Nordic bo...

Directed By: Mikael Buch

Written By: Christophe Honoré, Mikael Buch

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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60
Jan 9, 2013
Ceaselessly upbeat and just short of zany, Let My People Go! will bring smiles of recognition to anyone who hasn't seen early Woody Allen in a while.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 28, 2013
You don’t have to be Jewish to love borscht belt humor, or gay to love camp, or French to love farce. But when all three are thrown into a blender with a dollop of generic family dysfunction, as is the case in Let My People Go!, oy vey doesn’t begin to address the result.
By Loren King FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 9, 2013
Without a consistent stylistic playfulness to match the histrionic scenarios, the action often feels just plain silly.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 10, 2013
Let My People Go! offers an unholy alliance of camp and farce that both celebrates and mocks gay and Jewish stereotypes.
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40
Jan 10, 2013
Reuben is a whiny and uncoordinated prodigal son. His constant chafing at himself and the world is the film's biggest problem; by the midway point we're all wishing him back in Finland where he belongs.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Jan 11, 2013
Among gay Jewish French postman movies, Let My People Go! may be a Hall of Fame entry, but alas, by any other standard this would-be sex comedy is a dismal failure.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
20
Jan 10, 2013
It would appear that for his first feature, Mikael Buch wanted to leave nothing to chance. So he threw in enough action for five movies, amped the comedy up to frenetic levels and encouraged his cast to play to the rafters.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Pelléas, France 2 Cinéma, Jouror Productions, Orange Cinéma Séries, Canal+, France Télévisions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Cinémage 5, Uni Étoile 8
Release Date Jan 11, 2013
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://tlareleasing.co.uk/films/let-my-people-go/
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Awards

Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Mons International Festival of Love Films
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Montréal World Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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