Léolo (1992)

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   the3rdman

   It may fool you at the start with its touches of comic surrealism but this is a very dark film. It's undoubtedly an achievement, but a little too sordid for me. It sure does linger in the mind though. 8 years 7 months ago
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   72aicm

   A very dark, but beautiful (in it's own, morbid and surrealistic way) movie. It's also filled with dark humor and epic quotes;
   
   

   “When he was younger, Fernand had problems in school. In grade 5, he was put into a class of retards with schizoprenics, psychopaths, a set of epileptic twins, a transvestite and an albino. Even there he'd failed his exams three years in a row”

   7 years 2 months ago
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   ucuruju

   Great film about how our environment will crush our potential and our dreams if we let it-- but one that also shows the dangers of rejecting your roots and losing yourself (or your literal "self") in fantasy. It is sordid, ugly, disgusting at times, funny and sad. Frank about childhood and child sexuality too, which will probably turn off a bunch of modern day viewers who have Eternal Sunshine'd any hint of sex from their formative years and balk at any film that dares show how heavily it looms over the thoughts of even the youngest kids. 2 days 13 hours ago

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