laurence anyways

Director: xavier dolan

Actor: melvil poupaud,emmanuel schwartz,suzanne clément,nathalie baye

Data Published: Wed Jul 18 2012

Genres: Drama,Romance

Key Words: transsexuality,quebec,montreal quebec,fired from the job,hugging

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650048/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Anyways

Description: Laurence Anyways is a movie starring Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuel Schwartz, and Suzanne Clément. A drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.

Plot: The film begins by introducing Laurence (Melvil Poupaud), a 30-year-old transgender woman living as a man, who is an award-winning novelist and literature teacher in Montreal, Quebec. Laurence is very much in love with her girlfriend, the fiery and passionate Fred (Suzanne Clément). On the day of Fred's birthday, she reveals to Fred her biggest secret; she has felt for her entire life that she was born in the wrong body and says that she has been living a lie for so many years. She wishes to rectify her situation and restart her life as a woman. Fred accuses her of being gay and takes the news very hard. They separate for a short time, but Fred arrives at the conclusion, much to the chagrin of her mother and sister, that she must be there for Laurence. Their romance resumes and Fred becomes Laurence's biggest supporter. Fred teaches Laurence how to do her makeup and buys her a wig. She urges Laurence to dress as her true self, in female clothing. Laurence shows up to work one day in a dress. All seemingly goes well until she is released from her position at the school due to the negative reception of her transformation. Fred falls into a state of depression and eventually leaves Laurence and moves away. Fred marries a man, Albert, and has a son named Leo. Five years later, Laurence, although living with and romantically engaged with Charlotte, is still deeply in love with Fred. She stalks her regularly, often driving and parking outside of her house in Trois-Rivières. After publishing her book of poems, she sends a copy to Fred, who decodes the poems' secret message meant for her. She contacts Laurence, and the two meet and run away to the Isle of Black. However, the romantic getaway turns sour and the two argue. Fred reveals she was pregnant when Laurence revealed her gender identity, and Fred had an abortion. Fred's husband learns her whereabouts from Charlotte and Fred's relationship and life with him is shattered. Laurence leaves Fred in the night and the two do not speak for several years. Whilst being interviewed for her biography, the interviewer inquires about Fred, after having listened to her story. She admits that she had recently reconnected with Fred, newly divorced, however their meeting did not go well. She tells the interviewer that she has chosen to age as a woman. The final scene shows the circumstances under which Fred and Laurence had initially met, on a commercial set, Laurence having been bet to talk to Fred.