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C.R.A.Z.Y.

2005 · 126 min

A warm, music-filled coming-of-age story that feels intimate and heartfelt, with moments of tension and sadness.

Tagline
Growing up in this family, you'd have to be... C.R.A.Z.Y.
Overview
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Jean-Marc Vallée
Written by
François Boulay, Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring
Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Michel Côté, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Alex Gravel, Maxime Tremblay, Natacha Thompson, Francis Ducharme
Cinematography
Pierre Mignot
Runtime
126 min
Country
Canada
Languages
French

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