Léolo (1992)
September 16, 1992Release Date
Léolo (1992)
September 16, 1992Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Gilbert Sicotte
Narrator (voice)
Maxime Collin
Léolo
Ginette Reno
Mother
Julien Guiomar
Grandfather
Giuditta Del Vecchio
Bianca
Andrée Lachapelle
Psychiatrist
Denys Arcand
Director
Germain Houde
Teacher
Yves Montmarquette
Fernand
Lorne Brass
Fernand's enemy
Pierre Bourgault
Word Tamer
Roland Blouin
Father
Geneviève Samson
Rita
Marie-Hélène Montpetit
Nanette
Francis St-Onge
Léolo, 6 ans
Alex Nadeau
Fernand, age 16
Louis Grenier
Gynecologist
Richard Guèvremont
Geography Teacher
Lucie Robitaille
CastingDirector
Éric Cadorette
Little Godin
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
Guy Dufaux
Director of Photography
Michel Arcand
Editor
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Screenplay / Director
Richard Grégoire
Music / Original Music Composer
Lyse Lafontaine
Producer
Aimée Danis
Producer
André Chamberland
Set Decoration
Claudette Viau
Executive Producer
Isabelle Fauvel
Co-Producer
François Séguin
Production Design / Art Direction
Frances Calder
Set Decoration
François Barbeau
Costume Design
Jean-François Lepetit
Co-Producer
Carole Gagnon
Dialogue Editor
Jean Pilote
Jacques Raymond
Michel Bouthillette
Louis Turcotte
Julienne Boily
Senge Narongsha
Gilles Durand
Pierre Bédard
Stéphane Claude
Adam Richards
Karen Murphy
Patrick Leclerc
Fabiola Lamoureux
Domenico Di Donato
Éric Brasseur
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.
The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.