The Favourite Game (2003)
As a kid, Leo thought he possessed, like a magician, the secret power to make things happen. As a young man, he certainly knows how to make things happen with women. But as his best friend Krantz would say to him, "Why do you always ask questions you already know answers to?" Leo believes firmly in what he invents from one day to the next. Images, impressions, stories fill his head. That's just how he is: life, for Leo, is just a game. Behind this childlike attitude, hides the very essence of his own life's quest.
Director:
Bernar Hébert
Writer:
Peter Putka
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JR Bourne as Leo / poet |
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Michèle-Barbara Pelletier as Shell |
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Cary Lawrence as Lisa |
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Sabine Karsenti as Tamara / Leo's ex-girlfriend |
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Daniel Brochu as Krantz / Leo's friend |
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Vikki Walker as Nellie / Leo's cousin |
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Catlin Foster as Leo / 10 years old |
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Ashley Lang as Lisa / 10 years old |
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Wyatt Bowen as Krantz / 10 years old |
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Bronwen Mantel as Leo's Mother |
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Robert Brewster as Leo's Father |
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Sean Pichette as Martin / Boy in park |
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Elena Gautcheff as Martin's Mother |
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Roxane Roy as Bertha |
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Éric Perreault as Man with Lisa |
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Martin Stone as Homeless Man |
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Hubert Le Messurier as Bistro's Waiter |
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Glenn Astles as Resto's Waiter |
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Michelle Morrison as Annie |
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Nicholas Walker as Georges |
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Gabriel Toupin as Camper #1 |
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Evan Smirnow as Camper #2 |
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Michael Romano as Camper #3 |
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Alan Fawcett as Doctor |
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Anne Day-Jones as Woman on Mount-Royal |
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Mariloup Wolfe as Shell #2 |
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Frank D'Amico as Man with Shell #2 |
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Paul Stewart as Leo's Publisher |
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Rachel Astalos as Woman in Bistro |
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Laetitia Villetorte as Poem Woman |
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William A. Hasley as Farmer |
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Judith Baribeau as Blond Girl |
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Jean-Marc Beaudoin as D.J. (SSE) |
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Nick Walker as Georges |
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Charles McClelland as Man in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Directing | Bernar Hébert | Director |
| Writing | Leonard Cohen | Novel |
| Writing | Peter Putka | Screenplay |
| Production | Michel Ouellette | Producer |
| Editing | Philippe Ralet | Editor |
| Camera | Serge Ladouceur | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Gaetan Gravel | Original Music Composer |
| Production | René Chénier | Line Producer |
