Jumbo

Mar 7, 2020

1h 33m

★ 5.7

Overview

Jeanne, a shy young woman, works as a night guard at an amusement park and has a close relationship with her mother. While no man can compete with this opposed duo, Jeanne begins to develop strange romantic feelings for Jumbo, the latest attraction at the theme park...

Genres

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Insolence Productions

Les Films Fauves

Kwassa Films

Proximus

Jumbo Trailers

Cast

Jeanne

Noémie Merlant

Margarette

Emmanuelle Bercot

Hubert

Sam Louwyck

Marc

Bastien Bouillon

Fati

Tracy Dossou

Le Maigrichon

Jonathan Bartholme

Teen 1

Eduard Nemcsenko

Teen 2

Noah Daccrissio

Teen 3

Idao Daccrissio

Teen 4

Stephen Rohde

Teen 5

Chris Caligo

Teen 6

Jimmy Raphaël

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