Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

Directed by Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel

199893 min5.5 / 10

A melancholic romantic drama about a woman's shattered hopes when the man she loves reveals a terminal illness and abandons her.

Jeanne, a receptionist at a travel agency, is looking for the love of her life. She thinks she has finally found it with Olivier. However, Olivier reveals he has AIDS and disappears from her life after her profession of love and confession of infidelity.

Questions people ask

  • Is Jeanne and the Perfect Guy sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is Jeanne and the Perfect Guy violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does Jeanne and the Perfect Guy end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Jeanne and the Perfect Guy scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Jeanne and the Perfect Guy easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity41

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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