Laurence Anyways

Laurence Anyways centres on Laurence Alia, a literature teacher in Montreal who, on the occasion of a milestone birthday, tells his girlfriend Fred that he wants to live as a woman. Fred is shaken but chooses to stay, and the two try to carry on together as Laurence begins presenting publicly as a woman. Opposition from family, colleagues and the wider society, along with the couple's own doubts, presses on the relationship over the years that follow. Melvil Poupaud plays Laurence, Suzanne Clément plays Fred, and Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri and Yves Jacques appear in supporting roles.

The film was written and directed by Xavier Dolan, arriving as his third feature after I Killed My Mother and Heartbeats, and it was followed by Mommy and Tom at the Farm. Dolan wrote the screenplay himself, with Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert and Lyse Lafontaine producing the Canada-France co-production. The project had a budget of about 10 million US dollars and a running time of 168 minutes, with 41 credited cast members.

On IMDb it holds 7.6 out of 10 from roughly 23,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 7.6, from around 918 votes. A critics' rating of 7 out of 10 from 63 reviews places professional assessment close to the broadly favourable audience scores.