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Léolo
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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.
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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.
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
Themes
- sicily, italy
- insanity
- peasant
- quebec
- montreal, canada
- daydream
- bodybuilder
- coming of age
- writer
- falling in love
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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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Wikidata facts
- 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
- Composer
- Richard Grégoire
- Cinematographer
- Guy Dufaux
- Narrative location
- Canada
- Filming location
- Montreal
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 484248
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-01-07
- title
- Léolo
- film editor
- Michel Arcand
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 90%
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Themes and interpretations
- Production
- Development
- Casting
- Filming
- Release
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Accolades
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Léolo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.