Leolo Movie Review 1992

Deeply disturbing black comedy about one of the screen's most dysfunctional families. Leo is a 12-year-old French Canadian from Montreal who is determined to remake himself. He's decided to be a Sicilian lad named Leolo, escaping from his horrific family into his fantasies (and potential madness). "I dream, therefore I am not," he thinks. His parents are obsessed with toilet training, his cowardly brother with body-building, his sisters are demented, and his grandfather is a sadistic, dirty old man. Striking cinematography and great soundtrack, but not for the faint of heart (or stomach). In French with English subtitles.

Distribution

Ingram Entertainment Inc., 2 Ingram Blvd., La Vergne, TN 37086-7006, Phone: (615)287-4000, Toll-free: 800-621-1333, URL: http://www.ingramentertainment.com

Available on VHS
Running time 107 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Family Drama, Childhood Visions, Montreal

Screenplay

Jean-Claude Lauzon

Cast

Maxime Collin, Julien Guiomar, Ginette Reno, Pierre Bourgault, Yves Montmarquette, Roland Blouin, Giuditta del Vecchio

Director

Jean-Claude Lauzon

Producer

Lyse Lafontaine, Aimee Danis, Fine Line Features

Awards

Genie 1992: Costume Des., Film Editing, Orig. Screenplay.