Léolo

Léolo

Growing Up Can Be Painfully Funny.

1992•1h 47m•7.1/10

ComedyDramaFantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(134)

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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Production

Flach Film, Les Productions du Verseau

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Gilbert Sicotte

Gilbert Sicotte

Narrator (voice)

Maxime Collin

Maxime Collin

Léolo

Ginette Reno

Ginette Reno

Mother

Julien Guiomar

Julien Guiomar

Grandfather

Giuditta Del Vecchio

Giuditta Del Vecchio

Bianca

Andrée Lachapelle

Andrée Lachapelle

Psychiatrist

Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Director

Germain Houde

Germain Houde

Teacher

Yves Montmarquette

Yves Montmarquette

Fernand

Lorne Brass

Lorne Brass

Fernand's enemy

Pierre Bourgault

Pierre Bourgault

Word Tamer

Roland Blouin

Father

Geneviève Samson

Rita

Marie-Hélène Montpetit

Marie-Hélène Montpetit

Nanette

Francis St-Onge

Léolo, 6 ans

Alex Nadeau

Fernand, age 16

Louis Grenier

Gynecologist

Richard Guèvremont

Geography Teacher

Éric Cadorette

Little Godin

Aron Tager

Fishmonger

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