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Joanna

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Joanna (Geneviève Waïte) is a wide-eyed 17-year-old who dreams of a glamorous new life for herself in swinging London. She falls in with sexually liberal artists, aristocrats and youths. Eventually, three men become key in her life, at once father figures and lovers. There's Peter (Donald Sutherland), a genteel lord with a terminal illness, and Hendrik (Christian Doermer), a principled art teacher. Finally, Gordon (Calvin Lockhart), a flirtatious nightclub owner, changes Joanna's fate.

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Pauline Kael New Yorker A monument to cheap ambition. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Joe Morgenstern Newsweek The ending is perfectly charming and in no way to be faulted. It’s only what comes before that confuses and cloys. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Renata Adler New York Times It it clear that, rather like a late meal by somebody confident who doesn't really cook, this has been a peculiar and highly mixed event, with moments of technical brilliance. Jan 4, 2018 Full Review Harvey G. Cox Tempo (National Council of Churches) In what it tries to do, Joanna succeeds well. I just wish it had tried to do a little more. Jan 7, 2021 Full Review Paul Schrader Los Angeles Free Press Just because [director] Michael Sarne is young, hip, and sincere, doesn't mean Joanna isn't an exploitation film. Jan 25, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Young Joanna moves to London from the country, attends art school, and has all sorts of Swingin' London experiences. You might characterize this film as "episodic", but that really implies that more happens than really does. Donald Sutherland puts in an early screen appearance as a lisping British aristocrat. His accent is terrible, but his performance is eccentric enough to make it work. The last half hour or so of the film is devoted to our heroine's relationship with Calvin Lockhart, which has to mark this as one of the first films to feature an interracial relationship and to devote a lot of screen time to it. I liked this film ... it's colourful, playful style and Geneviève Waïte's quirky performance in the lead ... for about half an hour, and then it's general pointlessness wore me down. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member just ok look at '60's london Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Joanna (Geneviève Waïte) is a wide-eyed 17-year-old who dreams of a glamorous new life for herself in swinging London. She falls in with sexually liberal artists, aristocrats and youths. Eventually, three men become key in her life, at once father figures and lovers. There's Peter (Donald Sutherland), a genteel lord with a terminal illness, and Hendrik (Christian Doermer), a principled art teacher. Finally, Gordon (Calvin Lockhart), a flirtatious nightclub owner, changes Joanna's fate.
Director
Michael Sarne
Producer
Michael Laughlin
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
May 28, 2015
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Stereo