A poet who treats life like a magic trick he hasn't figured out yet.
As a kid, Leo thought he possessed, like a magician, the secret power to make things happen. As a young man, he certainly knows how to make things happen with women. But as his best friend Krantz would say to him, "Why do you always ask questions you already know answers to?" Leo believes firmly in what he invents from one day to the next. Images, impressions, stories fill his head. That's just how he is: life, for Leo, is just a game. Behind this childlike attitude, hides the very essence of his own life's quest.
Writing
Poetic dialogue that thinks it's deeper than it is.
Acting
JR Bourne commits to Leo's exhausting charm.
Director
Bernar Hébert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Leonard Cohen's 1963 semi-autobiographical novel—explains all the beautiful suffering.
Shot in Montreal but feels like a Parisian fantasy—classic Québécois cinema identity crisis.
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