The Way He Looks
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Like C.R.A.Z.Y., this is a tender, music-inflected coming-of-age story about a young man finding room for desire and self-definition within the everyday intimacy of family and friends.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like C.R.A.Z.Y., this is a tender, music-inflected coming-of-age story about a young man finding room for desire and self-definition within the everyday intimacy of family and friends.
Why this pick
Its flamboyant period soundtrack, episodic life journey, and resilient queer protagonist echo C.R.A.Z.Y.'s blend of pop-cultural exuberance, family pain, and hard-won self-acceptance.
Why this pick
This shares C.R.A.Z.Y.'s tactile, lyrical visual sensibility and patient emotional growth, following a young person whose private fears gradually give way to a more freely chosen identity.
Why this pick
A beautifully observed 1960s adolescence where sexuality, friendship, and political unease intermingle; its compassionate attention to confused feelings fits C.R.A.Z.Y.'s intimate coming-of-age warmth.
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Its initially combative teenage bond develops with the same emotional directness and empathy that make C.R.A.Z.Y.'s conflicts over masculinity and belonging feel deeply personal.
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01 / THE STORY
Zac was born on Christmas in 1960. He had a special relationship with his father Gervais, but things began to fall apart as Zac's non-masculine ways started to show. Their unique relationship officially came to an end when Gervais comes home to find Zac dressed in his mother's clothes. Ever since then, he "had unwittingly declared war on his father".
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Zachary Beaulieu

Gervais Beaulieu

Laurianne Beaulieu

Raymond Beaulieu

Brigitte
Christian Beaulieu
Antoine Beaulieu
Zachary Beaulieu (enfant)