C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

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Director: Jean-Marc Vallée

Writers: François Boulay (writer)
Jean-Marc Vallée (writer)

Release Date: 11 September 2005 (Toronto International Film Festival, Canada)
18 September 2005 (Venice Film Festival, Italy)

Genre: Drama

Tagline: Growing up in this family, you'd have to be... C.R.A.Z.Y.

Plot: C.R.A.Z.Y. Extraordinary lives of ordinary people in search of love and happiness - that's the premise of "C.R.A.Z.Y", a family drama unlike any other.

It's a story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature and, even more importantly, leads his father to love him for who he really is. A mystical fable about a modern-day Christ-like figure, "C.R.A.Z.Y" exudes the beauty, the poetry and the madness of the human spirit in all its contradictions.

Awards: 2005 Audience Award as Best Feature Film to Jean-Marc Vallée, AFI Fest
2006 Boulder International Film Festival Award as Best Actress to Danielle Proulx, Best Feature Film to Pierre Even (producer) and Jean-Marc Vallée (producer)
2005 Screen International Award Nomination to Jean-Marc Vallée, Canada, European Film Awards
2006 Genie Award as Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design to Patrice Vermette, Best Achievement in Costume Design to Ginette Magny, Best Achievement in Direction to Jean-Marc Vallée, Best Achievement in Editing to Paul Jutras, Best Achievement in Overall Sound to Yvon Benoît, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Best Achievement in Sound Editing to Martin Pinsonnault, Mira Mailhot, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin and Jean-François Sauvé, Best Motion Picture to Pierre Even and Jean-Marc Vallée, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to Michel Côté, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role to Danielle Proulx, Best Screenplay, Original to Jean-Marc Vallée and François Boulay, Golden Reel Award to Pierre Even & Jean-Marc Vallée
2006 Genie Award Nomination as Best Achievement in Cinematography to Pierre Mignot, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to Marc-André Grondin
2005 Best Art Direction Award to Patrice Vermette, Best Director to Jean-Marc Vallée, Best Screenplay to Jean-Marc Vallée & François Boulay, Special Prize of the Young Jury Best Feature to Jean-Marc Vallée, Gijón International Film Festival
2005 Grand Prix Asturias Nomination as Best Feature to Jean-Marc Vallée, Gijón International Film Festival
2006 Jutra Award as Best Actor (Meilleur Acteur) to Marc-André Grondin, Best Art Direction (Meilleure Direction Artistique) to Patrice Vermette, Best Cinematography (Meilleure Direction de la Photographie) to Pierre Mignot, Best Costume Design (Meilleurs Costumes) to Ginette Magny, Best Direction (Meilleure Réalisation) to Jean-Marc Vallée, Best Editing (Meilleur Montage Image) to Paul Jutras, Best Film (Meilleur Film) to Pierre Even and Jean-Marc Vallée, Best Hairstyling (Meilleure Coiffure) to Réjean Goderre, Best Make-Up (Meilleur Maquillage) to Réjean Goderre, Best Screenplay (Meilleur Scénario) to Jean-Marc Vallée and François Boulay, Best Sound (Meilleur Son) to Yvon Benoît, Daniel Bisson, Martin Pinsonnault, Jean-François Sauvé, Mira Mailhot, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Luc Boudrias, Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur Acteur de Soutien) to Michel Côté, Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure Actrice de Soutien) to Danielle Proulx
2006 Jutra Award Nomination as Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur Acteur de Soutien) to Pierre-Luc Brillant
2005 Special Jury Award to Jean-Marc Vallée, Marrakech International Film Festival
2005 Golden Star Nomination to Jean-Marc Vallée, Marrakech International Film Festival
2005 Best Canadian Feature Film Award to Jean-Marc Vallée, Toronto International Film Festival
2006 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award as Best Actor - Canadian Film to Marc-André Grondin, Best Film - Canadian, Best Supporting Actor - Canadian Film to Michel Côté, Best Supporting Actress - Canadian Film to Danielle Proulx

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Cast (in credits order)
Michel Côté ... Gervais Beaulieu
Marc-André Grondin ... Zachary Beaulieu 15 à 21 ans
Danielle Proulx ... Laurianne Beaulieu
Émile Vallée ... Zachary Beaulieu 6 à 8 ans
Pierre-Luc Brillant ... Raymond Beaulieu 22 à 28 ans
Maxime Tremblay ... Christian Beaulieu 24 à 30 ans
Alex Gravel ... Antoine Beaulieu 21 à 27 ans
Natasha Thompson ... Michelle 15 à 22 ans
Johanne Lebrun ... Doris
Mariloup Wolfe ... Brigitte 15 à 20 ans
Francis Ducharme ... Paul
Hélène Grégoire ... Madame Chose
Michel Laperrière ... Psychothérapeute
Jean-Louis Roux ... Prêtre
Mohamed Majd ... Bédouin
Claude Gagnon ... Narrateur
Jean-Alexandre Létourneau ... Christian Beaulieu 15 à 17 ans
Sébastien Blouin ... Antoine Beaulieu 12 à 14 ans
Félix-Antoine Despatie ... Yvan Beaulieu 13 à 16 ans
Gabriel Lalancette ... Yvan Beaulieu 8 à 9 ans
Denis Trudel ... Oncle Georges
Paule Ducharme ... Tante Diane
Aline Hooper ... Grand-mère Angèle
Isabelle Page ... Tante Monique
Christian Vezina ... Oncle Lucien
Anik Vermette ... Corinne
Marie-Yong Godbout-Turgeon ... Min
Aziz Attab ... Vendeur kiosque de cartes postales
Philippe Muller ... Jeune étranger
Jérôme Aubin ... Jérôme
Jean-Marc Vallée ... Jeune prêtre
Marie-Michelle Duchesne ... Michelle 6 à 8 ans
Alexandre Ayotte ... Thomas
Mathieu Pelletier ... Étudiant costaud
Élizabeth Adam ... Brigitte 6 ans
Emmanuel Raymond ... Raymond Beaulieu 7 ans
Charles-Édouard Tanguay ... Chistian Beaulieu 9 ans
Émile Gagnon-Girard ... Antoine Beaulieu 6 ans
Olivier Benard ... Bébé Zachary naissant
David Vaillant ... Bébé Yvan 7 mois à 1 an
Hugo Vaillant ... Bébé Yvan 7 mois à 1 an
Alexandre Marchand ... Bébé Yvan 3 mois
Nikita Jaksi ... Bébé Yvan naissant
Yves Perreault ... DJ
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Collins ... Emilio
Antoine Côté-Potvin ... Raymond Beaulieu 13 à 15 ans

    
Zachary and Raymond 

Comments

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

C.R.A.Z.Y. is not a "romance" movie, if for romance you mean a love/sex relationship between two men; but it's a romance if the relationship is a love/hate one with your family, your father and your brother. Zachary is growing up in a crazy family and in the end, him being gay, is the less crazy thing of all. At the end of the '70, beginning of the '80, Zachary will try to find his way, in and out the tight circle of his family, passing through everything, sex, drugs and rock and roll, with mostly negative experience, but with one certain in life, that sooner or later he will have to be back "home", to close what he started and never finished, trying to find a relationship with his father.

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

I own this movie...I think that it's great

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

It's indeed a very good movie, not easy, and not light, but very good.

[yachay.livejournal.com]

Thanks Elisa! I really want to watch this now :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I think you will like it.

[nerthus.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this movie, too, when I got it off Netflix last year.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I think it got re-edited last year, don't know if they added scenes from the previous release, I saw the version you saw as well.

[kirby-crow.livejournal.com]

I LOVE this film but I'd forgotten the name of it. Thank you! :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Glad to help you remembering

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