Let My People Go! is a really weird French farce. I don't regret seeing
it, but I wouldn't exactly recommend it, either. It has its funny moments, but
the main character can be tough to watch.
This looked interesting from the trailer, and at least the
person whose IMDb review was on top liked it, so that was enough for me. I
liked the idea of Finland and France and a Jewish family and it all seemed very
confusing and bizarre, and it was. Bizarre anyway, not so much confusing. It
was tough to get a handle on the context. All the houses in Finland were so
bright; was it exaggerated to make a point, or is that just normal? Everything
in Ruben's house was so old. Was that supposed to say something about his parents,
or is that just how it is in France?
I'm glad they didn't do the whole movie in Finnish; I
didn't like that very much. I didn't like the French much better. It was kind
of distracting because I kept getting caught up on words I could recognize. One
time I even figured out a whole sentence. I think it was "how are things with
Teemu." Not exactly a monumental achievement, but still.
