Léolo (1992): retrato familiar vesánico

Abstract

[ES] En Montreal, inmerso en el asfixiante universo del deprimido Barrio del Mile-End, transcurre la turbadora existencia de Leo Lozeau, miembro de una inquietante familia atormentada por la esquizofrenia. El muchacho, tratando de evadirse de la cruda realidad cotidiana que le tenaza, construye un delirio que paradójicamente le mantenga libre de tanta locura. El repudio de sus orígenes será tal, que incluso llegará a inventarse una nueva identidad, convirtiéndose en el italianizado Léolo Lozone.

[EN] In Montreal, deep within the suffocating universe of the depressed Mile-End District, Leo Lozeau, a member of a disturbing schizophrenia- ridden family leads his distressing existence. The young man, in an attempt to escape from the harsh everyday reality that torments him, builds a delirium which can paradoxically keep him free from so much madness. The denial of his origins will be such that he will even make up a new freedom, becoming the Italianised Léolo Lozone.