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The Favourite Game(2003)
Status: Released
Date: 2003-02-28
36%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada
ProductionCompanies:
Ciné Qua Non
Movie: The Favourite Game
Top 10 Billed Cast
JR Bourne
Leo / poet
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
Shell
Cary Lawrence
Lisa
Sabine Karsenti
Tamara / Leo's ex-girlfriend
Daniel Brochu
Krantz / Leo's friend
Ashley Lang
Lisa / 10 years old
Wyatt Bowen
Krantz / 10 years old
Bronwen Mantel
Leo's Mother
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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.
Release Date
2003-02-28
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3.6
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