Leolo DVD UK (out 29th September 2008) Trailer

NETWORK is delighted to announce the release of the Palme d'Or -- nominated comedy drama LEOLO (18) on DVD from 29th September 2008, RRP £12.99.

In a gloomy and squalid tenement block in Montreal, a boy lives with his dysfunctional, neurotic and highly strung family. His mind roams free and wild amidst the perversion and chaos that his family life throws at him. There is very little respite from the tidal waves of various problems that seem to constantly afflict one or more of the members of the family. To Leolo, these people might as well be strangers with whom he just happens to share a living space. He obsessively keeps notebooks in which he constructs a parallel universe. This dream world is beautiful, grand, and stars his first love Bianca, the sexy but remote Italian neighbour...

A most extraordinary rites of passage film, director Jean-Claude Lauzon takes the audience on a journey that is in turn intense, funny, surreal and ultimately tragic. LEOLO won the award for Best Screenplay at Vancouver International film Festival. It also garnered the title of Best Canadian Film at the Toronto Film Festival. It features a strong, internationally renowned cast which includes singer Ginette Reno (making her film debut as Leolo's mother), Julien Guiomar as the grandmother and Maxime Collin as Leolo.

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[Joeey]

if I show someone this film, they think I am crazy person. USA is so mind controlled with packaged garbage media.

[cassiel28]

One of the best movies ever made, just poetry in film. I´m glad now is available.

Thanks for posting it!

[mec7up]

no wonder this movie is in the TIMES magazine TOP 100 ever movies....

[hipgnosis2112]

@cassiel28 <3

[hipgnosis2112]

absolutely one of my fave films everrrrr= and the book that inspired it is amazing too L'avalee des avales

[VivaConquerer]

Best movie I've seen.That kid is something else.

[wildganja]

in my personal top5!

what a great movie!

[SoulOfWit]

@punkpoetry: Mentioning a few cultural highlights of the US does not change the fact that engaging in stereotypes makes you look the fool. I appreciate the good and the bad that the world has to offer. I work hard, as do a large percentage of Americans, to change what is wrong in my country. The worst thing that can be said about the US is that too few engage in our representative government.

Did I mention that Leolo is well worth a viewing?

[punkpoetry]

@SoulOfWit

the US gave the world Moby Dick, Emily Dickinson, Marriane Moore, Salinger, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Fredric Jameson and then some; yet as things stand today, it would hardly be unfair to describe it as a nation of lobotomized zombies. And I've been to the US, for longer than I care to remember

[SoulOfWit]

@sideburnbasher: Stereotypes will never serve you well. I'm American and this is one of my favorite films. I saw it in the local art house in 1993. I still can't see a tomato without thinking of this movie.

To assume that the majority of Americans are stupid is quite revealing of one thing: your own lack of intellectual curiosity. Learn more of the world. It's a fascinating place--filled with fascinating people. Visit the United States. We're quite tolerant of rude foreigners.

[zedaxax]

Brilliant film.

[sideburnbasher]

@Joeey

americans wouldn´t see quality if it´s nailed on their forehead.

dumbest people in the world.

not all of them,but the vast majority.