A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.
- Awards
- 38 wins & 9 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAcquiring the music rights took such an important part of the budget, director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée had to cut his own salary.
- GoofsJust after hearing Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One)" and the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil", we see several music albums, and among them is Pink Floyd's "Animals". The scene is supposed to be occurring in 1975, and "Animals" was released in 1977.
- Quotes
Zachary Beaulieu 15 à 21 ans: I want to be like everyone else.
Madame Chose: Thank God, you never will.
- Crazy creditsThe end titles show the first names of the five sons in capital letters in order of birth: Christian . Raymond . Antoine . Zacharie . Yvan . Then the letters dissolve, with the exception of each first letters, thus creating (and explaining) the title of the film: C.R.A.Z.Y.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Coming Out Scenes in Movies (2020)
- SoundtracksSanta Claus Is Back in Town
Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by Elvis Presley
Chrysalis Music / Cherry River Cherry Lane
with permission of Sony BMG Music Canada
Featured review
Quebec cinema is a hidden gem in North America and C.R.A.Z.Y. shines like a diamond.
This is an outstanding film. Quebec cinema is a hidden gem in North America and C.R.A.Z.Y. shines like a diamond among the lumps of coal put out by the big name studios in the U.S. Jean-Marc Vallée (director) proves that you do not need mega-bucks to make a quality film (C.R.A.Z.Y. cost 7 million dollars to produce). The acting is outstanding and it must have been a pleasure for the cast to work with such a great script and story. To call this a coming of age story or a coming out story would be selling it short. This is a film about family dynamics and it works on so many levels it is unfair and impossible to pigeon hole this film. Being an ex-patriot ( I am from the U.S. but now live in Montreal) I hope this films gets some play in the U.S. as it is too good to be missed. If it does not wait for it on IFC, Sundance or on DVD and see it then. Bravo to Jean-Marc Vallée and the cast and crew of this film...Outstanding work!
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- Aug 14, 2005
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Languages
- Also known as
- Crazy
- Filming locations
- Montréal North, Québec, Canada(location of family home)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- CA$6,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $3,710,169
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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