C.R.A.Z.Y.

• Michel Côté: Gervais Beaulieu
• Marc -André Grondin: Zachary Beaulieu ( 15-21 years)
• Danielle Proulx Laurianne Beaulieu
• Émile Vallée: Zachary Beaulieu (6-8 years)
• Pierre- Luc Brillant: Raymond Beaulieu (22-28 years)
• Maxime Tremblay: Christian Beaulieu ( 24-30 years)
• Alex Gravel: Antoine Beaulieu (21-27 years)

C.R.A.Z.Y. - Crazy Life is a Canadian feature film from director Jean -Marc Vallée with Marc -André Grondin, Michel Côté from 2005 Vallée was involved in the script and in the production of the film..

Action

The film depicts the life of the Beaulieu family from Quebec in Canada over a course of approximately 20 years. Through the film leads, born on Christmas Eve 1960 Zachary, who seems to be promptly furnished due to its date of birth and a mother Males at the back of the head with psychic powers. His mother Laurianne is sure that it is enough alone if he thinks only of an injured person so that its pain or bleeding pass - and promptly ringing in the house Beaulieu ceaseless phone. Gervais 's father, Zachary has also fallen in love, cares about the religious mumbo jumbo and not particularly trying instead to make an athlete or musician from his son. In addition, it is his great hobby to take at every celebration a microphone replacement in the hand and sing the same old title Emmenez -moi au bout de la terre by Charles Aznavour. Complete make the family nor the three older brothers Raymond, who is struggling with drug problems, Christian, a devouring every book bookworm and jock Antoine; Yvan, the youngest, was born a few years after Zachary.

When Zachary grows up, he gets problems to find their way in the rigid and still heavily influenced by the Catholic Church world, also he can his emerging homosexuality only suppress heavy. But even in his family, he can not be opened because his homophobic father would not tolerate this. Thus Zachary fluctuates over the years between his inclinations and the desire to please his father right.

Finally, on Christian's wedding, it comes to a head. A guest wants to have watched as Zachary 've kissed another man in the car, " but so gay " was. His father takes him to task. Zachary, who lives in a relationship with a woman who denies that in the car something is gone, however, admits that he had liked. His girlfriend, who mitanhört dialogue, turns aghast from him.

Zachary then embarks on a search for meaning and travels to Israel - which had always raved about his mother. He comes back to Canada when his brother Raymond is just due to an overdose in the hospital and died shortly afterwards. The father tries to slow to make friends with the thought that Zachary is "different" in order not to lose a son.

Background

The title of the film, CRAZY, is composed of the initial letters of the five sons: Christian, Raymond, Antoine, Zachary and Yvan. In addition, means one of the hits of country music singer Patsy Cline, of the Father Gervais is a big fan, also Crazy.

Émile Vallée, the six-to eight -year-old Zachary plays the, is the son of director Jean -Marc Vallée.

The film was an official Canada's proposal for the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.

Reviews

• The lexicon of international film described the film as " very entertaining and sometimes wistfully ," and " original family history and also an apt description Era ".
• " Bittersweet story of growing up in the 70s and 80s that inspires with depth, fine humor and great music. " ( Cinema)
• " Jean -Marc Vallées multi-award -winning coming-of- age story, CRAZY ' is not only brilliantly told, it also reflects the lasting since the seventies self-discovery of the Canadian nation resist. " ( Der Spiegel)
• " The multi-award- winning work (...) leaves because of the subject, the convincing acting performances and the cool movie music in general a strong impression. " ( Filmstarts.de, Jörn Schulz )
• The Film Review Board Wiesbaden gave the film the predicate Especially Valuable. In the grounds of the FBW opinion states, inter alia, as follows: It deploys a dramatically diverse and lovingly staged family drama with occasionally very amusing elements. (...) The great quality of the film lies especially in detail in the many small observations about the behavior of the individual characters. (...) Are the impressive, unconsumed ' faces in this country mostly unknown actors who shine all of them with dramatic performances.

Awards (selection)

Toronto International Film Festival 2005

• Best Canadian Feature Film

European Film Awards 2005

• Nomination of Jean -Marc Vallée for the best non-European film

Genie Awards 2006

• Best Picture
• Best Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
• Best Costume Design: Ginette Magny
• Best Director: Jean -Marc Vallée
• Best Editing: Paul Jutras
• Best Actor: Michel Côté
• Best Supporting Actress: Danielle Proulx
• Best Sound: Yvon Benoît, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Bernard Gariépy Stobl
• Best Sound Editing: Martin Pinsonnault, Mira Mailhot, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin and Jean -François Sauvé
• Best Original Screenplay: Jean -Marc Vallée, François Boulay
• Special price Golden Reel Award

Genie Award nomination in the categories:

• Best Actor: Marc -André Grondin
• Best Cinematography: Pierre Mignot

Prix ​​Jutra 2006

• Best Film in Quebec
• Best Director: Jean -Marc Vallée
• Best Actor: Marc -André Grondin
• Best Supporting Actress: Danielle Proulx
• Best Supporting Actor: Michel Côté
• Best Screenplay: Jean -Marc Vallée, François Boulay
• Best Cinematography: Pierre Mignot
• Best Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
• Best Sound: Yvon Benoît, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy - Strobl, Mira Mailhot, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin, Martin Pinsonnault and Jean -François Sauvé
• Best Editing: Paul Jutras
• Best Costume Design: Ginette Magny
• Best Makeup: Micheline Trépanier
• Best hairstyles: Réjean Goderre
• Billet d'Or for the film with the highest revenue of the year in Quebec City

Prix ​​Jutra 2007

• S'étant film le plus illustré hors Québec