Let My People Go!

– Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappoin..

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Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
2011
Let My People Go!
Let My People Go! (2011)

Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappointing lover, a thief who can’t help himself, and possibly a murderer to boot. The only person who doesn't know who Ruben is is Ruben himself. When he comes to a major turning point in his life, Ruben cannot make up his mind which way to go. Should he follow his people or his heart?

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Release Date:

11 Jan 2013

Language:

French, Finnish, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

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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. Jean-Luc Bideau, Didier Flamand, and Jean-Christophe Bouvet appear; Bouvet as the Commissaire has to mediate a poignant love call from jail.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$12,317

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Internet Movie Database:
6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
Metacritic:
37%

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