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Romantic indies are a dime a dozen and have generally shifted to streaming channels, but Sundance indies tend to be much more fantastical, strange, and alluring. That description really hits the bill for “Jumbo,” the new romantic indie from filmmaker Zoé Wittock that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020 to substantial acclaim (our review).

Romantic comedies are all about unlikely pairings that don’t really make sense, but you go along with them anyway. But the Belgian film “Jumbo” takes “unlikely” a step further in a weird yet tender romantic film about a woman who falls in love with a Tilt-a-Whirl.

Jumbo review: This Loop-de-loop, off-the-rails love story is totally off its rocker, but also one of the most tender and honest coming-of-age stories that we could see this year.

Tall, dark and handsome? The crush that Noémie Merlant’s character, Jeanne, explores in “Jumbo” is one out of three: a 25-foot-tall carnival ride who seduces the amusement park janitor as she spit-cleans his bulbs.