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2012 · 168 min · PG-13

Laurence Anyways

Directed by Xavier Dolan · Drama, Romance

Laurence Anyways (2012) is a Drama film, directed by Xavier Dolan set in Montreal and Trois-Rivières during the 1980s–1990s. It runs 168 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Themes of identity and love & longing play out through frame narrative.

Cinematography
Yves Bélanger
Cast
Melvil PoupaudSuzanne ClémentNathalie BayeMonia ChokriSusan AlmgrenYves JacquesSophie FaucherMagalie Lépine-Blondeau

The world of this film

Setting

Where
MontrealTrois-Rivières
Setting
Urban
When
1980s1990s

Premise & themes

Themes
IdentityLove & Longing
Structure
Frame Narrative
Tone
MelancholicRomantic

Shape

Protagonist
Two HanderFemale Led
Pacing
Slow Burn
Based on
Pure Fiction

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