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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.

Critics Reviews

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker 07/06/2022
A monument to cheap ambition. Go to Full Review Joe Morgenstern Newsweek 07/06/2022
The ending is perfectly charming and in no way to be faulted. It’s only what comes before that confuses and cloys. Go to Full Review Renata Adler New York Times 01/04/2018
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. Go to Full Review Harvey G. Cox Tempo (National Council of Churches) 01/07/2021
In what it tries to do, Joanna succeeds well. I just wish it had tried to do a little more. Go to Full Review Paul Schrader Los Angeles Free Press 01/25/2020
Just because [director] Michael Sarne is young, hip, and sincere, doesn't mean Joanna isn't an exploitation film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/17/2016 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. See more 05/13/2015 just ok look at '60's london See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Sarne

Director

Geneviève Waïte

Joanna Sorrin

Christian Doermer

Hendrik Casson

Donald Sutherland

Lord Peter Sanderson

Calvin Lockhart

Gordon

Glenna Forster-Jones

Beryl

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Movie Info

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