Modest, but resonant, It's Not Me, I Swear! is a Quebec coming-of-age story that juggles elements of dark humour, pathos and childhood whimsy. Full Review….
Directed by Phillipe Flardeau 105 min. | 2008 | Canada Like Philippe Falardeau's recent hit Monsieur Lazhar, his earlier, tragic-comic 2008 film features ..
Directed by Philippe Falardeau. With Antoine L'Écuyer, Suzanne Clément, Daniel Brière, Catherine Faucher. Léon is ten years old, has lots of problems and an ..
C'est pas moi, je le jure! (English: It's Not Me, I Swear!) is a Quebec-French-language comedy movie released in Quebec on September 26, 2008. It is directed ..
Ten-year old Leon navigates the hardships of young love, the whims of his lunatic mother, and his urges to vandalize his neighbors' house during the summer of ..
Aug 10, 2009.. "It's bad to lie, but it's worse to lie badly." C'est pas moi, je le jure! is a charming coming of age film coming from Canada which will bring a lot of ..
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Storyline Léon is ten years old, has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. Of course, there is mom and dad who are always fighting, and those annoying neighbors who get to spend the summer at the beach. And then, there's Léa, the exasperating girl who's always right about everything. In the summer of '68, when mom decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in Greece, Léon is prepared to do anything to kill the pain. Destroy the neighbors' house, become a professional liar and even, why not, fall in love with Léa. Together, they will overcome the pain of growing up when you feel abandoned. Written by Mylène Chollet
La Moiti� Gauche Du Frigo director Philippe Falardeau follows up that Toronto International Film Festival favorite with this darkly comic study in abandonment and innocence lost as related to a troubled young boy from an explosively dysfunctional family. Set in 1968, Falardeau's adaptation of Bruno Herbert's novel centers on the early life experience of ten year old Leon (Antoine L'�cuyer in his screen debut). Leon's proclivity towards theft, vandalism, breaking and entering, running away from home, and failed suicide attempts might lead the casual observer to deduct that his parents were a horrifically mismatched pair prone to window-rattling domestic tiffs that are frequently punctuated by broken dishes and shredded paintings - a deduction that couldn't be more accurate considering the fact that his parents relationship is rapidly deteriorating. His father is distant, and his mother's conspiratorial approach to child-rearing ensures that Leon has precious few people to confide in outside of his best friend Lea, who seems to come from an equally discordant household. With each inch Leon's parents move towards the brink, their son's rebellion seems to increase tenfold. Later, when his mother abandons the family to start a new life in Greece and Lea announces her plans to move into a dictatorship, the young hellion embraces his wild side as never before. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi … More
