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Joanna

Play trailer Poster for Joanna R,  1968,  1h 47m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 The New Yorker Jul 6, 2022
A monument to cheap ambition. Go to Full Review
Joe Morgenstern Newsweek Jul 6, 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 Jan 4, 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) Jan 7, 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 Jan 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
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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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Joanna

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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
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