C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) ( C.R.A.Z.Y. - Loucos de Amor ) ( Crazy )

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: C.R.A.Z.Y. - Loucos de Amor
Alternate Title: Crazy
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
127 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jean-Marc Vallée

Written By:
Jean-Marc Vallée
François Boulay

Actors:
Michel Côté ..... Gervais Beaulieu
Marc-André Grondin ..... Zachary Beaulieu 15 à 21 ans
Danielle Proulx ..... Laurianne Beaulieu
Émile Vallée ..... Zachary Beaulieu 6 à 8 ans
Pierre-Luc Brillant ..... Raymond Beaulieu 22 à 28 ans
Maxime Tremblay ..... Christian Beaulieu 24 à 30 ans
Alex Gravel ..... Antoine Beaulieu 21 à 27 ans
Natasha Thompson ..... Michelle 15 à 22 ans
Johanne Lebrun ..... Doris
Mariloup Wolfe ..... Brigitte 15 à 20 ans
Francis Ducharme ..... Paul
Hélène Grégoire ..... Madame Chose
Michel Laperrière ..... Psychothérapeute
Jean-Louis Roux ..... Prêtre
Mohamed Majd ..... Bédouin

Synopsis:

Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Zac feels somewhat disconnected to his brothers, all of whom are different from each other. They include the bookworm Christian who is the eldest, the dumb jock Antoine who is third, and the youngest Yvan. But Zac has the most contempt for his second eldest brother, the shiftless druggie Raymond. To his devout Catholic mother, Zac is her miracle son, both for being born the same day as Jesus Christ (a fact which Zac has always hated), and because a Tupperware-selling mystic once told her that he has the power to heal. Laurianne has always coddled Zac, the two who have a special if unspoken bond. But Zac wants more to please his father, who wants more than anything in his sons that they grow up to be man's men and not sissies. As Zac goes through his mid-teens to early twenties, Zac isn't sure if he can live up to the ideals of either his mother or especially his father. A young man with stress-induced asthma, Zac just wants to be what he considers normal, which includes getting rid of his asthma. But more importantly, he wants to get rid of the underlying thoughts that he has and which most going through puberty have, but that for him are becoming more prevalent as he grows older.

A middle-class teenage misfit living in '70s era Montreal dreams of abandoning his familiar hometown surroundings to seek a brighter future in director Jean-Marc Vallée's character-driven drama. A sexually-confused Christmas Day baby who likes to march to the beat of his own drummer, Zachary Beaulieu (Marc-André Grondin) nevertheless longs to live up to his old-fashioned father's (Michel Cote) decidedly more traditional expectations. As Zachary seeks solace in the sounds of Pink Floyd and David Bowie, his mother assures him that he's bound for greater things and testosterone-fueled siblings raise hell around the house. Despite feeling bound by his comparatively normal surroundings, the revelations provided by David Bowie's {&"Space Oddity"} allows the disheartened Zachary the luxury of dreaming.

It's a story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature and, even more importantly, leads his father to love him for who he really is. A mystical fable about a modern-day Christ-like figure, 'C.R.A.Z.Y' exudes the beauty, the poetry and the madness of the human spirit in all its contradictions.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.