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Leolo

Original title: Léolo
  • 19921992
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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19,645
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Leolo (1992)
ComedyDrama
The story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.The story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.The story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
7.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
19,645
1,383
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Lauzon
    • Writer
      • Jean-Claude Lauzon
    • Stars
      • Maxime Collin
      • Ginette Reno
      • Gilbert Sicotte(voice)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Lauzon
    • Writer
      • Jean-Claude Lauzon
    • Stars
      • Maxime Collin
      • Ginette Reno
      • Gilbert Sicotte(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 67User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 8 nominations

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    Jean-Claude Lauzon in Leolo (1992)
    Maxime Collin and Yves Montmarquette in Leolo (1992)
    Leolo (1992)
    Maxime Collin in Leolo (1992)
    Leolo (1992)
    Leolo (1992)
    Ginette Reno in Leolo (1992)
    Leolo (1992)
    Leolo (1992)
    Maxime Collin in Leolo (1992)
    Giuditta Del Vecchio and Julien Guiomar in Leolo (1992)
    Maxime Collin, Jacques Marcotte, and Yves Montmarquette in Leolo (1992)

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    Maxime Collin
    Maxime Collin
    • Leolo
    Ginette Reno
    Ginette Reno
    • Mother
    Gilbert Sicotte
    Gilbert Sicotte
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Julien Guiomar
    Julien Guiomar
    • Grandfather
    Pierre Bourgault
    Pierre Bourgault
    • Word Tamer
    Giuditta Del Vecchio
    • Bianca
    Andrée Lachapelle
    Andrée Lachapelle
    • Psychiatrist
    Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    • Director
    Germain Houde
    Germain Houde
    • Teacher
    Yves Montmarquette
    • Fernand
    Lorne Brass
    • Fernand's Enemy
    Roland Blouin
    • Father
    Geneviève Samson
    • Rita
    Marie-Hélène Montpetit
    • Nanette
    Francis St-Onge
    • Leolo, age 6
    Alex Nadeau
    • Fernand, age 16
    Louis Grenier
    • Gynecologist
    Richard Guèvremont
    • Geography Teacher
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Lauzon
    • Writer
      • Jean-Claude Lauzon
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This was the last film of Jean-Claude Lauzon.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: Because I dream, I am not.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK censors made 2 cuts totaling 32 seconds. One showed young boys stroking a woman's breasts. The other was for cruelty to a cat.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Game/The End of Violence/L.A. Confidential/The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Chanson de Bianca
      Lyrics by Jersy Kowal

      Music by François Dompierre

      Performed by Sylvie Legault

      Performed by Federico Troiani

    User reviews67

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    6/10
    By body betrayed, by poetry saved...
    Which came first, the disturbing or the disturbed? This is a difficult film for me to assay. Certainly I did not enjoy "Leolo" but then there are many films I have appreciated which I did not enjoy. Despite being tagged as such, this film was never a comedy for me, outlandish scenes too often were tainted by a ring of tragic truth. Well, I should clarify and say "at least an emotional truth."

    This film reminded me of Baudelaire and Rabelais. I remember in my late teens, seeking out those poets feeling that I should appreciate them from the little I had heard about them. Someone probably mentioned Iggy Pop in the same breath with 'em. Anyways, their poems never did connect with me, I remember thinking that something in translation or in the transatlantic crossing was lost upon me. This film has many moments like that (despite a shorter journey down from Canada), but cast amidst shining gems of genius. One example, the recurrent use of the refrigerator light, and other illumination, shining over Leolo's shoulder.

    This film slips and dips into the "rabelaisian" in the reduced definition, i.e. a fecal focus. A childhood is deprived more than depraved, but a little of both. If any sexual appetite is offensive for you, than this film is not for you... Spend your time on some counseling instead.

    And yet for me, much of the film was grotesque...and I think that's a nearly perfect word for it, what with its stylish franco-suffix... gracefully covering over its seamier stewings. Like a sauce over spoiled meat.

    But as I think more about this film: the merd, the bugs, the dead dog in the canal...all of that waste, is not wasted. Instead the images, the reviling of an earthly existence drive us off the screen and into the voiced-over poetry of Leolo. Even in translation and subtitle, the words had a precise beauty. A beauty I feel was intentionally and successfully accented by the sordid scenarios stitched together.

    It would be an interesting test for someone to read the poetry from the screenplay first and then watch the film. Would the words be strong enough without the sights, sounds and implied smells of Leolo's world to suffice?

    While I cannot honestly recommend this film (too many times I found myself hoping that a fade-to-black was final), it would be interesting to hear/read others' comments. I'll come back to the reviews here, and maybe the film in the future.

    Til' then, I 'll give it a 6/10

    PS Interesting. In posting my review the "s-word" now appears to be banned...so let them read "merd."
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    • Dec 28, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 2, 1993 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • France
    • Official site
      • -Bande annonce
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Léolo
    • Filming locations
      • Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Alliance Films Corporation
      • Canal+
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $611,703
    • Gross worldwide
      • $611,703
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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