Léolo

Léolo

Growing Up Can Be Painfully Funny.

Directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon

Produced by Flach Film, Les Productions du Verseau

1992107 min7.1 / 10

A surreal, darkly comic coming-of-age fantasy where an imaginative boy's elaborate delusions and daydreams become his refuge from a chaotic, dysfunctional family and psychiatric institutionalization.

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

Questions people ask

  • Is Léolo sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Léolo scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Léolo violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Léolo end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Léolo easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

77/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise64

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Léolo

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Léolo

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Léolo, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Léolo, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Léolo, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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