Bay Area Reporter :: Indiefest's queer flick picks
In the not-LGBT but sort of 'queer' category, director-writer Zoé Wittock's Jumbo, Jeanne (Noémie Merlant) starts her first day working at a small amusement park set near a French town's waterfall. This is convenient, since she's been visiting the park since childhood, tinkers with small light sculptures made from bicycle wheels and spare parts. She also has a sort of fetish for the rides, particularly the Move It, a swirling light-blinking machine which she nicknames Jumbo. She has no interest in the mild flirtations from Marc (Bastien Bouillon), her new male boss, despite her free-spirit...
Source: ebar.com