C.R.A.Z.Y

For this new article, I would like to introduce a film that I saw a few years ago, which might be one of the most famous Quebec films. I am talking about C.R.A.Z.Y, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée in 2005.

So, C.R.A.Z.Y tells the story of a 15-year-old boy named Zac, who is the 4th boy of a five child family. The movie takes place in the 1960s and the 1970s in Quebec, between a conservative father names Gervais, and a very understanding mother named Laurianne.

Zac is a gay boy that tries to define himself, stuck between, his homosexual desires and his absolute admiration for his father.

The beginning of the movie shows how very early, Zac had some behavior that showed that he might preferred boys to girls. For example, at the age of 6, his mother gives Zac at his request, a baby carriage. But his father disagrees and says that playing with this would “turn him into a fairy”. The whole film shows how Zac tries to deal with his homosexuality, trying to repress it and dating women.

I really loved the 70s atmosphere, the incomprehensible Quebecker accent and expressions, the 70s haircuts and bellbottom pants. I also loved the young actor Marc André Grondin, who plays Zac, and who has now turned into a pretty handsome man, that you might have seen in “Bus Palladium”, two years ago.

Just to add a few words about the director, Jean-Marc Vallée directed the recent “Café de Flore” with Vanessa Paradis, which I haven’t seen.

So, what did you think about C.R.A.Z.Y ? Did you enjoy it as much as I did? Has anyone seen “Café de Flore”?