Laurence Anyways

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.

Cast

Melvil Poupaud

as Laurence Alia

Suzanne Clément

as Fred Bellair

Nathalie Baye

as Julienne Alia

Monia Chokri

as Stéfanie Bellair

Susan Almgren

as Journalist

Yves Jacques

as Michel Lafortune

Sophie Faucher

as Andrée Bellair

Magalie Lépine-Blondeau

as Charlotte

Catherine Bégin

as Mamy Rose

Emmanuel Schwartz

as Baby Rose

Reviews

badelf

It would be wrong to call this "just another TG movie." It's an intense love story, told in a throwback avant-garde style, which is pretty impressive. I enjoyed both the art that was intended to reflect the lives of two artists, as well as the story. ...

CinemaSerf

Xavier Dolan pretty much tries to rewrite the gender identity book with this overly long, but quite potent look at the life of "Laurence" (Melvil Poupaud). He is a pretty discontented man who announces to his long term girlfriend "Fred" (Suzanne Clément) that he is deeply unhappy in his own skin, an...

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