The Favourite Game

The Favourite Game

101 mins | Drama | Feb. 28, 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.

The Favourite Game

101 mins | Drama | Feb. 28, 2003

The Favourite Game
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Ciné Qua Non
Original title The Favourite Game
Directors Bernar Hébert
Writers Peter Putka, Leonard Cohen

Cast

JR Bourne

as Leo / poet

Cary Lawrence

as Lisa

Sabine Karsenti

as Tamara / Leo's ex-girlfriend

Daniel Brochu

as Krantz / Leo's friend

Vikki Walker

as Nellie / Leo's cousin

Catlin Foster

as Leo / 10 years old

Ashley Lang

as Lisa / 10 years old

Wyatt Bowen

as Krantz / 10 years old

Bronwen Mantel

as Leo's Mother

Robert Brewster

as Leo's Father

Sean Pichette

as Martin / Boy in park

Elena Gautcheff

as Martin's Mother

Nicholas Walker

as Georges

Anne Day-Jones

as Woman on Mount-Royal