Laurence Anyways

Laurence Anyways
Official theatrical poster
Directed byXavier Dolan
Written byXavier Dolan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyYves Bélanger
Edited byXavier Dolan
Music byNoia
Production
companies
  • Lyla Films
  • MK2
Distributed byAlliance VivaFilm
Release dates
  • 18 May 2012 (2012-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 18 July 2012 (2012-07-18) (France)
  • 13 September 2012 (2012-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
168 minutes[1]
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Laurence Anyways is a 2012 Canadian epic romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[2][3] where Suzanne Clément won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress.[4] Laurence Anyways also won the Queer Palm Award at the festival.[5]

At the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, Laurence Anyways won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film.[6] The film also received ten nominations at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Direction for Dolan, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Poupaud, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Clément, and Best Screenplay for Dolan.

  1. ^ "Laurence Anyways (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Dolan in two minds over Cannes". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. ^ Cannes (27 May 2012). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. ^ AFP (27 May 2012). "Queer Palm 2012: 'Laurence Anyways' de Xavier Dolan distingué à Cannes". France 24 (in French). Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Toronto International Film Festival: Awards". tiff.net. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.