Jumbo is Jeanne, an introverted, 20-something woman played by Noémie Merlant of
Portrait of a Lady on Fire fame. By day, Jeanne’s asleep; at 6pm, she’s woken up by her mother, Margarette (Emmanuelle Bercot), for a night shift as an amusement park cleaner. At Jeanne’s workplace, the elusive new colleague defying her to break HR guidelines is Jumbo, a “Move It” ride with metal arms and chair-shaped fingers; he showcases the composure of Robert Redford, the prettiness of Timothée Chalamet, and the loud, clanging mating call of a washing machine.
Jeanne soon discovers that Jumbo is the perfect boyfriend: he’s a good listener; he’s unlikely to run away; and, as she boasts to her mother, the literal love machine dispenses orgasms at the push of his button. Parents rarely want the blow-by-blow account of their child’s sex life, but this confession reduces Margarette to tears.
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Can you share with us the story of your own mentorship and how it inspired
Love Is Why
?
Ibrahem Hasan: I grew up on the south side of Chicago, and my father took me to this place called Maxwell Street. Just a quick hit on what Maxwell Street is because, for me, I know. But for other people who are just like, what the hell is that? So, basically, a lot of Blacks migrated up north, they went there for work and they congregated around the street called Maxwell Street, and it’s where the Chicago blues started. And then it also acted as an open-air market for people to sell goods, so my father took me there as a kid.