A vibrant, bittersweet romantic melodrama chronicling a decade of impossible love and true identity. Like holding breath underwater until the lungs explode, it portrays the overwhelming deluge of passionate connection colliding with personal revolution and societal boundaries.
Laurence Anyways
Director:
Xavier Dolan
Cast:
Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri, Susan Almgren
Drama
Romance
Budget:
$9,500,000
Laurence Anyways - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Xavier Dolan's party cameo
Though Dolan decided not to play a major acting role in this film, he makes a very brief, uncredited cameo as a guest at a party during a pivotal scene, keeping up his tradition of physically appearing in his early works.
The 1.33:1 aspect ratio
The film is shot in the classic 1.33:1 (4:3) Academy ratio. Dolan chose this "box-like" frame to purposefully restrict the visual field, keeping the audience's focus intensely claustrophobic and locked entirely onto the characters' emotional states rather than the surrounding environment.