C.R.A.Z.Y.

C.R.A.Z.Y. is a film Québécois realized by Jean-Marc Vallée, left in 2005.

Synopsis

Zachary is born one December 25th, fourth wire of a father full with love subsidiary, fanatic of Charles Aznavour and Patsy Cline, and of a mother to the small care for her five sons. The child dedicates an admiration without terminals for his father who, for its part, disapproves his inclinations for plays that it considers not very virile and his homosexual slopes in germ.

Comment

It is about the history of the relations father-wire putting in prospect the hard social parameters under which the Quebec of the Années 1960 and 1970 saw an identity crisis.

Wire of a father “ suffering from a surplus of hormones mâles ” (that at one more recent time, one would have qualified homophobe) and raised with his/her four other brothers with the affirmed personality, Zachary, teenager, tries to be defined. It must compose with a crisis of emergent sexual identity and the intense desire which it a father has to like boiling and intransigent that it adores over all.

Data sheet

Title: C.R.A.Z.Y.
Realization: Jean-Marc Vallée
Scenario: Jean-Marc Vallée and François Boulay
Production: Pierre Even and Jean-Marc Vallée
Production companies: Cirrus Communications and CRAZY Films
additional Musics: Charles Aznavour, Patsy Cline, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, David Bowie
Photography: Pierre Mignot
Assembly: Paul Jutras
Decorations: Patrice Bricault-Vermette
Costumes: Ginette Magny
Artistic director: Patrice Bricault-Vermette
Sound: Martin Pinsonnault and Yvon Benoit
Country of origin: Canada (Quebec)
Format: Colors - 1,85:1 - Dolby DIGITAL - 35mm
Kind: Dramatic comedy
Lasted: 129 minutes (2. 9)
Comings out date: May 27th 2005 (Canada); May 3rd 2006 (France)
Classification: 13+ at the time of its exit in Quebec

Distribution

Michel Side: Gervais Beaulieu, the father
Marc-Andre Grondin: Zachary Beaulieu
Emile Valley: Zachary Beaulieu 6 to 8 years
Danielle Proulx: Laurianne Beaulieu, the mother
Pierre-Luc Shining: Raymond Beaulieu 22 to 28 years
Antoine Side-Potvin: Raymond Beaulieu 13 to 15 years
Emmanuel Raymond: Raymond Beaulieu child
Maxime Tremblay: Christian Beaulieu 24 to 30 years
Jean-Alexandre Létourneau: Christian Beaulieu 15 to 17 years
Charles-Edouard Tanguay: Christian Beaulieu child
Alex Gravel: Antoine Beaulieu 21 to 27 years
Sebastien Blouin: Antoine Beaulieu 12 to 14 years
Emile Ggnon-Girard: Antoine Beaulieu child
Felix-Antoine Despatie: Yvan Beaulieu
Gabriel Lalancette: Yvan Beaulieu 8 to 9 years
Natasha Thompson: Michelle 15 to 22 years
Marie-Michelle Duchesne: Michelle child
Marie Yong Godbout-Turgeon: Min
Johanne Lebrun : Dory
Mariloup Wolfe: Brigitte 15 to 20 years
Élizabeth Adam: Brigitte child
Francis Ducharme: Paul
Helene Gregoire: Mrs Chose
Michel Laperrière: Psychotherapist
Red-headed Jean-Louis: Priest

Around film

the first letter of the first names Christian, Raymond, Antoine, Zachary and Yvan form the Acronyme title, which is also the title of the preferred song of their father.
C.R.A.Z.Y. is the Québécois film which counted the most entries in room in Quebec during the year 2005. One estimates at a little more than one Inhabitant of Quebec out of eight having seen it in room.
the film represents the Canada for the nominations for the Oscars of March 2006. It was however not selected among the finalists.
the scenes with Jerusalem and in the desert were turned to the Morocco.

Music

The musical universe occupies an important place in the esthetics even of film.

Some pieces of music which marked the setting in scene:

Back In Baby' S Arms , I Fall To Pieces , Crazy of Patsy Cline
Take along to me and As lately as yesterday of Charles Aznavour
White Rabbit of Jefferson Airplane
Shine One You Crazy Diamond (share 2) and The Great Gig in the Sky of Pink Floyd
Space Oddity of David Bowie
Sympathy for the Devil of the Rolling Stones
The Messiah Will Like Again of Roy Buchanan
of The Cleans
Tout écartillé of Robert Charlebois
Brother Louie of The Stories

Distinctions

It received the price of best Canadian film to the International festival of film of Toronto.
With the International festival of film of Gijon, in Spain, it gained four prices, of which that of the best realizer (for more details, to see).
It gained the price of the jury to the fifth International festival of film of Marrakech (Morocco). * In November 2005, it gained ex-aequo the price of the public with the AFI Fest of Los Angeles * In 2005, it gained four prices of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle : Best Actor - Canadian Film : Marc-Andre Grondin; Best Film - Canadian ; Best Supporting Actor - Canadian Film : Michel Side and Best Supporting Actress - Canadian Film : Danielle Proulx

Price Genius

March 13rd, 2006, C.R.A.Z.Y. gained 11 prices (out of 12 nominations; very safe " Better images" where Pierre Mignot was in nomination) with the Prix Genius, the prices of the Canadian cinema.

Better film: Pierre Even, Jean-Marc Vallée
Better artistic director: Patrice Vermette
Better costumes: Ginette Magny
Better realization: Jean-Marc Vallée
Better assembly: Paul Jutras
Male interpretation in a first role: Michel Côté (it was in competition with another actor of C.R.A.Z.Y.: Marc-Andre Grondin, competition for which Michel Côté had declared himself disappointed; he would have preferred to leave his place to Marc-Andre Grondin)
Female role in a role of support: Danielle Proulx
Better overall sound: Yvon Benoit, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Better sound assembly: Martin Pinsonnault, Reflected Mailhot, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin, Jean-François Sauvé
Meilleur scenario: Jean-Marc Vallée

Jutra price

With the evening of the handing-over of the Price Jutra held on March 19th, 2006, the film has raid 14 trophies, and received an additional distinction:

Better film
Better realization: Jean-Marc Vallée
Better actor: Marc-Andre Grondin
Better supporting actor: Danielle Proulx
Better supporting actor: Michel Side
Better scenario: Jean-Marc Vallée in collaboration with François Boulay
Better direction of photography
Better artistic director
Better sound
Better assembly image
Better costumes
Better make-up
Better hairstyle
Film being more illustrated outside gold Quebec
Ticket

See too

Official site

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