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Léolo
''Léolo'' is a 1992 Canadian coming-of-age film, coming-of-age fantasy film, fantasy comedy-drama written and directed by 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 (psychology), 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 Cinema of France, France. Filming took place in Montreal and Sicily in 1991. It was Lauzon's second and final film, as he died in a Accidents and incidents in aviation, plane crash in 1997 while working on his next project. Initially releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Genie Awards
The 13th annual Genie Awards were held on November 22, 1992, to honour Canada, Canadian films released in late 1991 and 1992. They were dominated by David Cronenberg's ''Naked Lunch (film), Naked Lunch'', Jean-Claude Lauzon's ''Léolo'', and Jean Beaudin's ''Being at Home with Claude''."French-Canadian films steal Genie show". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 14, 1992. The academy now recognized that its annual ceremony was not attracting audiences in Quebec. It worked with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio-Canada to produce a French-language special, hosted by Quebec journalist René Homier-Roy, that aired immediately after the main broadcast and presented viewers with film clips and winner and nominee interviews.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 49-51. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto."Canadian films in the spotlight". ''The Globe and Mail' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Jean-Claude Lauzon (September 29, 1953 – August 10, 1997) was a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. Born to a working class family in Montreal, Quebec, Lauzon dropped out of high school and worked various jobs before studying film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His two feature-length films, '' Night Zoo'' (1987) and ''Léolo'' (1992), established him as one of the most important Canadian directors of his generation. American film critic Roger Ebert wrote that "Lauzon is so motivated by his resentments and desires that everything he creates is pressed into the cause and filled with passion." His film ''Léolo'' is widely considered to be one of the best Canadian films of all time. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, and was included on ''Time'''s list of the 100 greatest films that were released between March 3, 1923—when the first issue of ''Time'' was published—and early 2005, when the list was compiled. Lauzon's career wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyse Lafontaine
Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942) is a Canadian film producer known for working with directors Jean-Claude Lauzon and Xavier Dolan. She works at Lyla Films in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Early life Born to '' La Presse'' reporter Gaston Lafontaine, Lyse studied literature at the Université de Montréal and earned her degree. She married Stéphane Venne and managed the rock band Offenbach in 1972. She became a stage manager on the 1974 film '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'', and married her second husband, moving to The Bahamas for two years before returning to Canada. Career In 1976, Lafontaine served as location manager for the film '' The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'', starring Jodie Foster. Lafontaine met Lauzon when he was pitching his screenplay for ''Léolo'' (1992), which other producers had rejected. It became the first film she produced, with Aimée Danis, for which they were nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. While in Italy during filming, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Collin
Maxime Collin (born December 6, 1979) is a Canadian actor and business owner best known for playing the title character in the 1992 film ''Léolo ''Léolo'' is a 1992 Canadian coming-of-age film, coming-of-age fantasy film, fantasy comedy-drama written and directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo "Léolo" Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages ...'' and Benoit in '' Matusalem'' (1993). Collin was 11 when he was cast for ''Léolo''. He had many roles over the next few years and decided to take less work by age 17, after which he described himself as forgotten. After taking insurance broker training, he went into business as the owner of a car cleaning store. References External links * 1979 births Businesspeople from Quebec Canadian male child actors Canadian male film actors Living people Male actors from Quebec {{Canada-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimée Danis
Aimée Danis (September 19, 1929 - May 8, 2012) was a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec.Guy Fournier"Aimée Danis, une femme si effacée" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', May 16, 2012. She produced the films ''Léolo'' and ''My Friend Max (Mon amie Max)'', both of which were Genie Award nominees for Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture. Originally from Maniwaki, Quebec, Maniwaki, Quebec, she worked as a script assistant for Télévision de Radio-Canada, and later for Jacques Godbout on his film ''YUL 871'', before becoming the first woman in Quebec's film and television industry to direct television commercials. Her advertising work included spots for Hydro-Québec, Dominion (supermarket), Dominion, Desjardins Group, Desjardins and Peugeot. In the 1970s she directed a number of short documentary films, including ''KW+'' (1970), ''Gaspésie oui, j'écoute'' (1972), ''Joie de vivre au Québec'' (1974) and ''Patrick, Julie, Félix et tous les au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Sicotte
Gilbert Sicotte, (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor. Career Sicotte is known for roles in '' The Vultures (Les Vautours)'', ''Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas)'', ''The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves)'', '' The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux)'', ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1983, Gilles Carle), '' Fortier'', '' Louis Cyr'', ''Léolo'', '' Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau)'', '' Paul à Québec'', '' And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)'' and ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work. He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for '' The Salesman'', at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for ''Paul à Québec'',Maxime Demers"La passion d’Augustine triomphe" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', March 20, 2016. and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for ''And the Birds Rained Down''. He has also been a four-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginette Reno
Ginette Reno (born Ginette Raynault; 28 April 1946) is a Canadian people, Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has received nominations for the Genie Award, Genie and Gemini Awards and is a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. She is a gold and platinum selling Canadians, Canadian musician. Early life Reno was born Ginette Raynault in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she began singing in 1960 and won the talent contest "Les Découvertes de Jean Simon" (Jean Simon's Discoveries). With this success, three clubs in Montreal (Café Caprice, le Café de l'Est and the Café Provincial) offered Reno her first professional contract. Simon suggested she adopt the stage name Reno—a phonetic spelling of her real last name (as pronounced in Canadian French). Career Music Reno is a gold and platinum selling Canadians, Canadian artist. She has recorded in both English language, English and French language, French. Her biggest hit in English was her 1970 song "Beautiful Second Hand Man". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuditta Del Vecchio
Giuditta del Vecchio is an Italian actress, known for her roles in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo'' and the 1996 Italian film '' The Nymph''. Del Vecchio is featured prominently on the cover of the 1996 re-release of the album ''Tiger Bay'' by the English band Saint Etienne. Filmography * '' Snack Bar Budapest'' (1988) * ''Disperatamente Giulia'' (1989) * '' Quiet Days in Clichy'' (1990) * ' (1991) * ''Léolo ''Léolo'' is a 1992 Canadian coming-of-age film, coming-of-age fantasy film, fantasy comedy-drama written and directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo "Léolo" Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages ...'' (1992) * ' (1995) * ' (1996) * '' The Nymph'' (1996) * '' The Sweet Sounds of Life'' (1999) References External links * 20th-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Lunch (film)
''Naked Lunch'' is a 1991 surrealist science fiction drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider. It is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs's 1959 novel ''Naked Lunch'', and an international co-production of Canada, Britain, and Japan. The film was released on 27 December 1991 in the United States by 20th Century Fox, and 24 April 1992 in the United Kingdom by First Independent Films. It received positive reviews from critics, but was a box office flop, grossing only $2.6million against a $17–18million budget due to a limited release. It won numerous honours, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director and seven Genie Awards, notably Best Motion Picture. ''Naked Lunch'' has since become a cult film, acclaimed for its surrealistic visual and thematic elements. Plot In 1953, exterminator William Lee finds that his wife Joan is stealing his insecticide to use as a recreationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Bourgault
Pierre Bourgault (January 23, 1934 – June 16, 2003) was a politician and essayist, as well as an actor and journalist, from Quebec, Canada. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. Biography Bourgault was born in East Angus in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of Quebec. His father was a civil servant and his mother, a homemaker. His parents sent him to boarding school at age seven, determined that he should receive the education which they lacked. After secondary school, he briefly attended the seminary and entertained the idea of a possible entry into the priesthood, per ancestral tradition, but reneged on his obligation shortly thereafter. He is today entombed within the traditionally Catholic Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. Beginning in the early 1960s, he supported Quebec independence from Canada and in 1960 joined the pro-independence '' Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale''. A famed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top 10 Canadian Films Of All Time
The Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time is a list compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival ranking what are considered the best Canadian films. It was first published in 1984, typically assembled by polling a combination of Canadian critics and filmmakers. Separate from the festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the best Canadian films released within that year, it was redone in 1993, 2004 and 2015. Methodology The list is compiled once every decade. The list was started in 1984 because Canadian film was taking off, and was made by polling critics, professors, fans and festival staff. According to Piers Handling, a TIFF director, the idea of the Top 10 was to introduce the public to Canadian film, and around 100 people were polled. TIFF did not provide the poll-takers with a list of films to choose from. In 2015, the polling method was changed, as those who responded were divided into two groups, filmmakers and critics. Filmmakers made up 40% of the respondents. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
