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Léolo (1992)
Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon
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From Time Out Film Guide
Léo is no ordinary child. Convinced that his mother was impregnated by an Italian tomato, the French-Canadian boy insists on being called Léolo; disturbed by the lunatic behaviour of his father, sisters and brother, he finds refuge in his imagination and sexual fantasy. Director-writer Lauzon pulls off a bold fusion of the mystical and the macabre. Bleak humour combines with images of startling richness; heightened by Richard Grégoire's evocative score, hallucinatory passages conjure a very real sense of childhood isolation. Dark, disturbing and utterly compelling, this is coming-of-age as the stuff of nightmare.Author: CM
Cast & crew
Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon
Producer: Lyse Lafontaine, Aimée Danis
Cast: Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Julien Guiomar, Pierre Bourgault, Giuditta del Vecchio, Denys Arcand full cast
Duration: 107 mins
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