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Laurence Anyways is a 2012 Canadian epic romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival [2] [3] where Suzanne Clément won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress. [4] Laurence Anyways also won the Queer Palm Award at the festival.
Nov 26, 2012 · Aiming in Dolan’s words to “tell a ‘Titanic‘ love story,” the drama charts the relationship of Laurence (Melvil Poupaud) and Fred (Clément) as he breaks the news that he wants to become ...
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Jun 26, 2013 · ABOVE: MELVIL POUPAUD IN XAVIER DOLAN’S LAURENCE ANYWAYS. IMAGE COURTESY OF LYLA FILMS “I watched [Titanic] five times… You are a great actor and I admire you,” an eight-year-old Xavier Dolan once wrote in a letter to Leonardo DiCaprio, hopeful the star might one day shoot a movie in Dolan’s hometown, Montreal. At the time, the French ...
Feb 17, 2023 · Laurence Anyways spans 1989 to 1999, following a trans woman and her girlfriend as their relationship soars to the best highs and crashes into the lowest of lows. Laurence ( Melvil Poupaud who is ...
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May 20, 2012 · May 20, 2012. Xavier Dolan has firmly established himself as a rising talent of note with the critically acclaimed I Killed My Mother and Heartbeats. His new film, Laurence Anyways, is a story of the impossible love between two adult idealists. After a two-year relationship, Laurence (a mesmerizing Melvil Poupaud) tells his girlfriend, Fran (an ...
Jun 27, 2013 · Spanning a decade, Laurence Anyways is a highly stylized, gorgeous examination of the couple’s evolving bond. I recently spoke to Dolan about why he wanted to tell this story, as well as the ...
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Jun 28, 2013 · Anatomy of a Scene. Directors offer behind-the-scenes narration on their films. Xavier Dolan, the writer, director and editor of “Laurence Anyways,” discusses a scene from his film about the male-to-female transition of Laurence, played by Melvil Poupaud. In this scene, after Laurence comes out to his mother (Nathalie Baye) as transgender ...
