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📅 2012 ⏱ 2h 48min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

Laurence Anyways

DramaRomance

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.

🎬 DirectorXavier Dolan
📅 Release2012-05-18
🌍 CountryCanada, France
🗣 LanguageFrench, English
🏢 StudioLyla Films, MK2 Films, ARTE France Cinéma
🗳 Votes889
🔥 Popularity2
💰 Budget$9,500,000
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🎭 Cast

Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud
Laurence Alia
Suzanne Clément
Suzanne Clément
Fred Bellair
Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Baye
Julienne Alia
Monia Chokri
Monia Chokri
Stéfanie Bellair
Susan Almgren
Susan Almgren
Journalist
Yves Jacques
Yves Jacques
Michel Lafortune
Sophie Faucher
Sophie Faucher
Andrée Bellair
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Charlotte
Catherine Bégin
Catherine Bégin
Mamy Rose
Emmanuel Schwartz
Emmanuel Schwartz
Baby Rose
Jacques Lavallée
Jacques Lavallée
Dada Rose
Perrette Souplex
Perrette Souplex
Tatie Rose
Patricia Tulasne
Patricia Tulasne
Shookie Rose
David Savard
David Savard
Albert
Monique Spaziani
Monique Spaziani
Francine

🎥 Crew

DirectorXavier Dolan
ScreenplayXavier Dolan
EditorXavier Dolan
Production DesignAnne Pritchard
MusicEduardo Noya Schreus
Costume DesignXavier Dolan
Executive ProducerXavier Dolan
Stunt CoordinatorJean Frenette
Executive ProducerGus Van Sant
ProducerCharles Gillibert

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

badelf⭐ 8/10

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. …

CinemaSerf

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 …

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