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Léolo

"Growing Up Can Be Painfully Funny."

1992

1h 47m

7.1(132 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

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47 members

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Gilbert Sicotte

Narrator (voice)

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Maxime Collin

Léolo

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Ginette Reno

Mother

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Julien Guiomar

Grandfather

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Giuditta Del Vecchio

Bianca

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Andrée Lachapelle

Psychiatrist

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Denys Arcand

Director

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Germain Houde

Teacher

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Yves Montmarquette

Fernand

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Lorne Brass

Fernand's enemy

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Pierre Bourgault

Word Tamer

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Roland Blouin

Father

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Geneviève Samson

Rita

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Marie-Hélène Montpetit

Nanette

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Francis St-Onge

Léolo, 6 ans

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Alex Nadeau

Fernand, age 16

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Louis Grenier

Gynecologist

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Richard Guèvremont

Geography Teacher

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Éric Cadorette

Little Godin

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Aron Tager

Fishmonger

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Luc Séguin

Latourelle

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Simon Gosselin

Paquette

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Jacques Marcotte

Fisher

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Cat Lemieux

Regina

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Nick Fasano

Italian Salesman

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Jade Landry-Cuerrier

Young Nanette

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Magalie Beauregard

Young Rita

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Simon Lavigne

Bébé

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Amedeo Carlo Mangiu

Tommaso

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Maria Petraglia

Contadina

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Salvador Giuffrida

Umberto

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Mikaël Baillairgé-Lafontaine

Diver

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Gilles Durand

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Louis Turcotte

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Writing

Jacques Raymond

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Jean Pilote

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Karen Murphy

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Patrick Leclerc

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Fabiola Lamoureux

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Domenico Di Donato

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Éric Brasseur

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Michel Bouthillette

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Julienne Boily

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Adam Richards

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Senge Narongsha

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Stéphane Claude

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Pierre Bédard

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