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The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
Release date
18/05/2012
Votes
908
Popularity
3.0
Melvil Poupaud
Laurence Alia
Suzanne Clément
Fred Bellair
Nathalie Baye
Julienne Alia
Monia Chokri
Stéfanie Bellair
Susan Almgren
Journalist
Yves Jacques
Michel Lafortune
Sophie Faucher
Andrée Bellair
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Charlotte
Catherine Bégin
Mamy Rose
Emmanuel Schwartz
Baby Rose
Jacques Lavallée
Dada Rose
Perrette Souplex
Tatie Rose
Patricia Tulasne
Shookie Rose
David Savard
Albert
Monique Spaziani
Francine
Denise Filiatrault
Restaurant Manager
Violette Chauveau
Élise Voïlinsky
Mylène Jampanoï
Fanny
Jacob Tierney
Alexandre
Gilles Renaud
Board Chairman
Patrice Coquereau
Board Secretary
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
Mélanie
Anne Dorval
Marthe Delteuil
Pierre Chagnon
Yves Voïnitski
Éric Bruneau
Mathieu
Alexis Lefebvre
Simon Deltreuil
Denys Paris
Roland Bertrand
Vincent Davy
Pierre Alia
Vincent Plouffe
Léo
Manuel Tadros
Apartment Owner
Alexandre Goyette
Marco de Bellefeuille
Antoine Olivier Pilon
Young Teen
Bronwen Mantel
Antique Dealer
Mario Geoffrey
Truck Driver
Yvette Thuot
Albert's Aunt
Jeanne Gionet-Lavigne
Student
Claude Gasse
Supermarket Clerk
Clément Deschênes
Barman
François Sasseville
Academic
Xavier Dolan
Man at the Party (uncredited)
Emily Hampshire
Woman on Set (uncredited)
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It would be wrong to call this "just another TG movie." It's an intense love story, told in a throwback avant-garde style, which is pretty impressive. I enjoyed both the art that was intended to reflect the lives of two artists, as well as the story.
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Xavier Dolan pretty much tries to rewrite the gender identity book with this overly long, but quite potent look at the life of "Laurence" (Melvil Poupaud). He is a pretty discontented man who announces to his long term girlfriend "Fred" (Suzanne Clément) that he is deeply unhappy in his own skin, and that he feels he would be much more fulfilled as a person if her were to be a woman. She's a bit taken aback, there are the "is it me?' conversations and then the realism sets in for her. That realism is even more difficult for his parents. His father, well he takes a slightly more stereotypically…
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I know people in this category pretty well, so I went into this film with some already strong feelings. I’m going to be fairly critical of this film despite being a really well shot and crafted and even a film I enjoyed enough. One criticism I have of Laurence Anyways is that, despite its reputation as a film about gender dysphoria, it spends surprisingly little time exploring dysphoria itself. Instead, its focus is on the consequences of coming out and non-conforming, the effects on relationships, family, work, and identity as seen from the outside. Laurence’s motivations remain largely im…
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