'Jumbo' trailer: Here's how fans are reacting to plot of Noemie Merlant starrer

The trailer of Noemie Merlant starrer French movie Jumbo was released last week on January 22, 2021. The premise of the movie is set around a young woman named Jeanne who has objectophilia and falls in love with a tilt-o-whirl at the amusement park where she works as a cleaner. Read along and take a look at how the netizens have reacted to the trailer. 

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Jumbo trailer reaction

Audiences across the world are excited about the film and eagerly waiting for the release of the Zoe Wittock directorial. The movie is set to hit theatres on February 19, 2021, followed by a video on demand release on March 16, 2021. The movie was trending on Twitter with the hashtag #Jumbo as viewers expressed their excitement about the film and its absurd yet intriguing plot. Take a look at some of the comments by Twitterati and also the comments under the trailer on YouTube.

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More about the movie

The movie is written as well as helmed by Zoe Wittock, and also marks her directorial debut for a feature film. The movie has been produced by Anaïs Bertrand, Annabella Nezri and Gilles Chanial under the banners Insolence Films Proximus, Les Films Fauves, Kwassa Films, Belga Productions, Flamme Films, SofiTVciné 6, Eurimages and CNC. It was announced in February 2018 along with the news that Noémie Merlant and Emmanuelle Bercot will be a part of the film. Jumbo also stars Emmanuelle Bercot as Margarette and Sam Louwyck as Hubert.

Jumbo had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last year on January 24, 2020. Later, it released on March 18, 2020, in Belgium through O’Brother Distribution. It was also released in France on July 1, 2020, by Rezo Films, along with whom Wittock had written the screenplay.

The movie’s plot revolves around the life of Jeanne Tantois, who lives with her mother Margarette, a divorcee bartender. Jeanne is a young woman, who starts working in a graveyard shift at a theme park as a cleaner where she develops an infatuation towards the newest attraction of the park, the tilt-o-whirl which she names Jumbo. The movie further unfolds the unusual romance between Jeanne and Jumbo which is led by her objective sexuality.

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