Top Cast
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Gilbert Sicotte
Narrator (voice)
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Maxime Collin
Léolo
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Ginette Reno
Mother
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Julien Guiomar
Grandfather
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Giuditta Del Vecchio
Bianca
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Andrée Lachapelle
Psychiatrist
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Denys Arcand
Director
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Germain Houde
Teacher
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Yves Montmarquette
Fernand
Overview
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
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