Léolo (1992)
September 16, 1992Release Date
Léolo (1992)
September 16, 1992Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Maxime Collin
Leolo
Ginette Reno
Mother
Gilbert Sicotte
Narrator
Julien Guiomar
Grandfather
Pierre Bourgault
Word Tamer
Giuditta Del Vecchio
Bianca
Andrée Lachapelle
Psychiatrist
Denys Arcand
Director
Lorne Brass
Fernand's enemy
Germain Houde
Teacher
Yves Montmarquette
Fernand
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Director
Roland Blouin
Father
Geneviève Samson
Rita
Marie-Hélène Montpetit
Nanette
Aimée Danis
Producer
Francis St-Onge
Léolo, 6 ans
Lyse Lafontaine
Producer
Guy Dufaux
Cinematographer
Alex Nadeau
Fernand, age 16
Louis Grenier
Gynecologist
Michel Arcand
Editor
Lucie Robitaille
CastingDirector
Richard Guèvremont
Geography Teacher
Éric Cadorette
Little Godin
François Séguin
ProductionDesigner
Aron Tager
Fishmonger
Luc Séguin
Latourelle
Simon Gosselin
Paquette
Jacques Marcotte
Fisher
Cat Lemieux
Regina
Nick Fasano
Italian Salesman
Jade Landry-Cuerrier
Young Nanette
Magalie Beauregard
Young Rita
Simon Lavigne
Bébé
Amedeo Carlo Mangiu
Tommaso
Maria Petraglia
Contadina
Salvador Giuffrida
Umberto
Mikaël Baillairgé-Lafontaine
Diver
Richard Grégoire
Music / Original Music Composer
Claudette Viau
Executive Producer
Isabelle Fauvel
Co-Producer
Jean-François Lepetit
Co-Producer
Frances Calder
Set Decoration
André Chamberland
Set Decoration
François Barbeau
Costume Design
Éric Brasseur
Gilles Durand
Louis Turcotte
Michel Bouthillette
Julienne Boily
Senge Narongsha
Stéphane Claude
Adam Richards
Pierre Bédard
Karen Murphy
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 16, 1992
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Filming LocationsMontreal, Canada
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Léolo is a 1992 French Canadian coming-of-age fantasy comedy-drama film by director 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 final film, as he died in a plane crash in 1997 while working on his next project.
Initially released in the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, Léolo won three Genie Awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Lauzon, losing Best Motion Picture to Naked Lunch. It later benefited from a resurgence of interest, leading to critics and filmmakers adding it to the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time in 2015. The film also influenced the naming of the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, when site co-creator Senh Duong decided upon the site name while viewing the film.