- Léolo
Infobox_Film
name = Léolo
imdb_id = 0104782
writer =Jean-Claude Lauzon
starring =Gilbert Sicotte Maxime Collin Ginette Reno Julien Guiomar
director =Jean-Claude Lauzon
producer =Aimée Danis Lyse Lafontaine
distributor =
released = September,1992
runtime = 107 min
language = French
budget ="Léolo" is a 1992 film by
Quebec directorJean-Claude Lauzon .The film tells the story of Léo Lauzon (
Maxime Collin ), a young boy living in aMontreal tenement with hisdysfunctional family . He uses his active fantasy life and the book "L'avalée des avalés" by Canadian novelistRéjean Ducharme to escape the reality of his life. After deciding that his mother (Ginette Reno ) was impregnated not by his father, but by an Italiantomato , he rechristens himself Léolo, and begins to have sexual fantasies about his neighbour Bianca (Giuditta del Vecchio ).Gilbert Sicotte , as the adult Léolo, narrates the film. The cast also includesPierre Bourgault ,Andrée Lachapelle ,Denys Arcand ,Julien Guiomar andGermain Houde .It was Lauzon's final film; he died in a plane crash in
1997 while working on his next project.In
2005 , "TIME " named "Léolo" one of the 100 best films of all time. [http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,leolo,00.html]ee also
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