1990 · comedy · music · romance
Jit
Directed by Michael Raeburn1h 38m1990
A young African man must try every trick in the book in this attempts to win the heart of the most beautiful girl in his village.
Our read: Jit (1990) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · music · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / music, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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