Laurence Anyways

4.50
    Laurence Anyways
    2012

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Melvil PoupaudLaurence Alia
    • Suzanne ClémentFred Bellair
    • Nathalie BayeJulienne Alia
    • Monia ChokriStéfanie Bellair
    • Susan AlmgrenJournalist
    • Yves JacquesMichel Lafortune
    • Sophie FaucherAndrée Bellair
    • Magalie Lépine-BlondeauCharlotte
    • Catherine BéginMamy Rose
    • Emmanuel SchwartzBaby Rose

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Slant Magazine

      It takes cojones for a filmmaker to chase Fassbinder's ghost, but it takes heart and talent to damn near catch up with it.
    • 80

      Total Film

      Dolan never flinches across this bold, brassy piece; it’s confidently directed, stylishly shot, passionately acted and evocatively scored.
    • 80

      Empire

      It's hard to imagine that the prodigiously gifted Dolan is still in his early twenties. This is another work of marvellous maturity and assurance.
    • 75

      Portland Oregonian

      It's a remarkably mature achievement
    • 75

      The Playlist

      Unwieldy and unkempt but both moving and dizzying to experience, Laurence Anyways is Dolan's grandest statement yet.
    • 75

      IndieWire

      The movie contains an epic scope that feels out of sync with the smallness of its plot; you get the idea by the first act and then Laurence's world simply hangs there for another two hours like a slo-mo shrug.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Even if the story grates in places, Laurence Anyways is perfectly enjoyable as an immersive orgy of pure sensory pleasure.
    • 70

      Variety

      The clearest achievement of Dolan’s typically self-indulgent eye-popper comes in equating its gender-bending protagonist’s metamorphoses with those in any relationship that lasts for years.

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