25 Oct 1978
Le Pion
Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.
Léolo
Growing Up Can Be Painfully Funny.
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Top Billed Cast
Gilbert Sicotte Narrator (voice)
Maxime Collin Léolo
Ginette Reno Mother
Julien Guiomar Grandfather
Giuditta Del Vecchio Bianca
Andrée Lachapelle Psychiatrist
Germain Houde Teacher
Yves Montmarquette Fernand
Lorne Brass Fernand's enemy
Pierre Bourgault Word Tamer
Roland Blouin Father
Geneviève Samson Rita
Marie-Hélène Montpetit Nanette
Francis St-Onge Léolo, 6 ans
Alex Nadeau Fernand, age 16
Louis Grenier Gynecologist
Richard Guèvremont Geography Teacher
Éric Cadorette Little Godin
Aron Tager Fishmonger
Luc Séguin Latourelle
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