The film was favourably reviewed by Pauline Kael in '' The New Yorker '' : " There are eight key characters in '' Jonah '' , all in their twenties or thirties , and all seeking solutions to the problems brought to general consciousness by the events of 1968 . Not one of them is a comfortable bourgeois ; they 're the sort of fantasists and obsessives who were considered marginal before 1968 ... Each of the eight characters is a utopian of some sort , except for the disillusioned former activist , Max . Each of these people is autonomous , looks for his own answers , and acts upon them , and together , the film suggests , they can give birth to a Jonah who will have the acumen to connect their visions . Miou-Miou 's the most purely enjoyable person in the movie . This tumble-dried blonde , the Brigitte Bardot the cat dragged in , does n't look as if she could be an actress , but she certainly is ... Marie has a friend in France , Old Charles , a retired railroad worker , to whom she brings stolen groceries ; he is played by the veteran French character actor Raymond Bussières , familiar from '' Casque d'or '' and films by Clouzot and René Clair . Together , Miou-Miou and Bussières act out fantasies in brief set pieces . The whole film is designed as a collection of little routines . '' Jonah '' is so ingeniously constructed that one can enjoy it the way one enjoyed Renoir 's egalitarian films of the thirties , relating to each character in turn . " The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
49th Academy Awards
49th Academy Awards
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