Laurence Anyways (2012)

Laurence Anyways (2012)

Not Rated

kanopy

A masterpiece from Canadian director Xavier Dolan

The Very Best

8.4

Movie

Canada, France
English, French
Drama, Romance
2012
XAVIER DOLAN
Alexandre Goyette, Alexis Lefebvre, Anne Dorval
168 min

What it's about

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.

The take

This is a gorgeous French-Canadian movie with out-of-this-world sound work.

Laurence is deeply in love with his girlfriend, Fred. On his birthday, he announces to her that he wants to restart his life as a woman, having always hated his male body. Fred doesn't know how to take the news: “everything I love about you is everything you hate about yourself”.

Laurence Anyways is about how their romance continues after this revelation. There are so many reasons to watch this movie: the story, the acting, the cinematography; but trust me, the soundtrack alone is reason enough.

Comments

What a beautiful movie. Took a but too long to end. Other than that, well executed all around.

While not terrible the movie is too long and is somewhat anticlimatic. I personally found Lawrence to be annoying at the end given that his transformation ended up not being as radical as the movie had set it up to be by modern standards. I much preferred Mommy and I killed my mother!

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