Jean-Claude Lauzon
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Jean-Claude Lauzon 🇨🇦

Jean-Claude Lauzon (Known as "Jean-Claude Lauzon")
Visionary Film Director, Screenwriter, Creator of Léolo and Un zoo la nuit
Born 29 September 1953 🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
Passed Away 10 August 1997 Kuujjuaq, Canada
Lifespan 43 years old
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"Because I dream, I am not mad; because I dream, I can escape the misery of the world."

Archival Overview

Fiery and brilliant Quebec auteur whose poetic, visceral masterpiece Léolo competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and redefined international cinema.

Biographical Record

Jean-Claude Lauzon was an astonishing talent in late 20th-century Quebec cinema. Overcoming a turbulent working-class youth in Montreal, Lauzon studied film at Concordia University before exploding onto the cinematic scene with his 1987 debut feature, Un zoo la nuit (Night Zoo), which won a record thirteen Genie Awards.

His 1992 follow-up, Léolo, an autobiographical, surrealist coming-of-age fable about a boy who dreams he was born of an Italian tomato, competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 best films of all time. His brilliant career was tragically cut short at age 43 in a remote plane crash.

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Sainte-Rose-de-Lima Cemetery
Laval, Canada
GPS: 45.6167, -73.7833
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