"Laurence Anyways" is a formidable display of French Canadian director Xavier Dolan's prodigious talents, but also a case study of a young talent still finding his way to greatness.He'll get there one day, soon, but this film doesn't quite do it.
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Xavier Dolan Director
- Melvil Poupaud as Laurence Alia
- Suzanne Clément as Fred Bellair
- Nathalie Baye as Julienne Alia
- Monia Chokri as Stéfanie Bellair
- Yves Jacques as Michel Lafortune
- Sophie Faucher as Andrée Bellair
- Mylène Jampanoï as Fanny
- Susan Almgren as La journaliste
- Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Charlotte
- David Savard as Albert
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Lushly romantic and daringly original.
It's all too much, really, including its 21/2-hour-plus running time. But it's also engrossing, an ultimately tender story of a transsexual's transformation over 10 years and its effect on him and the people around him.
Poupaud's quiet moments convey a lofty, poignant introspection, and Clement erupts with grand, if scattershot, furies.
At nearly three hours, it's entirely too long, needlessly padded out with an intrusive interview-framing device.
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