Léolo
Sign in to saveLéolo is a 1992 Canadian coming-of-age fantasy comedy-drama written and directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo "Léolo" Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages in an active fantasy life while growing up with his Montreal family, and begins to have sexual fantasies about his neighbour Bianca, played by Giuditta del Vecchio. The film also stars Ginette Reno, Pierre Bourgault, Andrée Lachapelle, Denys Arcand, Julien Guiomar, and Germain Houde. Gilbert Sicotte narrates the film as the adult Léolo.
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7.2The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Released: 1992-09-16107 minDir: Jean-Claude LauzonComedy, Drama, Fantasy
Cast
- Gilbert Sicotte as Narrator (voice)
- Maxime Collin as Léolo
- Ginette Reno as Mother
- Julien Guiomar as Grandfather
- Giuditta Del Vecchio as Bianca
- Andrée Lachapelle as Psychiatrist
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Léolo
- Film.image
- Léolo poster.jpg
- Film.director
- Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Film.producer
- Aimée DanisLyse Lafontaine
- Film.writer
- Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Film.starring
- Gilbert SicotteMaxime CollinGinette RenoGiuditta del VecchioJulien Guiomar
- Film.distributor
- Alliance Communications Corporation
- Film.runtime
- 107 minutes
- Film.country
- Canada
- Film.language
- French
- Film.budget
- $5 million
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Key dates
- Published
- 7 January 1993
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Director
- Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Screenwriter
- Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Cast member
- Andrée Lachapelle
- Cinematographer
- Guy Dufaux
- Narrative location
- Canada
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Léolo is a 1992 Canadian coming-of-age fantasy comedy-drama written and directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo "Léolo" Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages in an active fantasy life while growing up with his Montreal family, and begins to have sexual fantasies about his neighbour Bianca, played by Giuditta del Vecchio. The film also stars Ginette Reno, Pierre Bourgault, Andrée Lachapelle, Denys Arcand, Julien Guiomar, and Germain Houde. Gilbert Sicotte narrates the film as the adult Léolo.
With a story developed by Lauzon as a semi-autobiographical work, the project was supported by producer Lyse Lafontaine as a co-production with France. Filming took place in Montreal and Sicily in 1991. It was Lauzon's second and final film, as he died in a plane crash in 1997 while working on his next project.
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1992 Canadian films1992 comedy-drama films1992 films1992 French-language filmsCanadian coming-of-age comedy-drama filmsCanadian fantasy comedy filmsCanadian fantasy drama filmsFiction with unreliable narratorsFilms about dysfunctional familiesFilms directed by Jean-Claude LauzonFilms set in MontrealFilms shot in Montreal