JEAN-MARC Vallee's beautifully shot C.R.A.Z.Y is a coming-of-age family drama embedded in the pop culture of the 1960s and '70s in French-speaking Quebec. It pits an hilarious father figure (Michel Cote) who sings Charles Aznavour songs into a spoon on family occasions, against Zac (Marc-Andre Grondin), one of his five sons, who revels in the sexual ambiguity of glam rock. From an early age, Zac too displays plenty of ambiguity . . . wanting to push his brother's pram and crossdressing. His older brothers call him a fag. But his dad cannot accept it could be true. You have to be sick to spend your life with your pecker up someone's ass, " he tells his wife. You've got a short memory, " she fires back. The script is funny and smart, the story poignant without being mawkish. Director Vallee also shows himself to be a bedfellow of Martin Scorsese with his heightenedrealist exploration of Catholic themes such as shame and guilt. Paul Lynch