Laurence Anyways

Laurence Anyways
Laurence Anyways
	Official theatrical poster
Directed by	Xavier Dolan
Written by	Xavier Dolan
Produced by	Charles Gillibert; Nathanaël Karmitz; Lyse Lafontaine;
Starring	Melvil Poupaud; Suzanne Clément;
Cinematography	Yves Bélanger
Edited by	Xavier Dolan
Music by	Noia
Production; companies	Lyla Films; MK2;
Distributed by	Alliance VivaFilm
Release dates	18 May 2012 (Cannes); 18 July 2012 (France); 13 September 2012 (TIFF);
Running time	168 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Laurence Anyways is a 2012 Canadian epic romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival^[2]^[3] where Suzanne Clément won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress.^[4] Laurence Anyways also won the Queer Palm Award at the festival.^[5]

At the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, Laurence Anyways won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film.^[6] The film also received ten nominations at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Direction for Dolan, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Poupaud, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Clément, and Best Screenplay for Dolan.

^ "Laurence Anyways (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ "Dolan in two minds over Cannes". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ Cannes (27 May 2012). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ AFP (27 May 2012). "Queer Palm 2012: 'Laurence Anyways' de Xavier Dolan distingué à Cannes". France 24 (in French). Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ "Toronto International Film Festival: Awards". tiff.net. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.