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SYNOPSIS
The turbulent relationship
between a mother and a son is explored in this stunning,
semi-autobiographical tour de force from 20-year-old
writer, director, producer, and performer Xavier Dolan.
Hubert Minel, a brash 17 year old,
dislikes his mother
intensely. He gauges her with contempt,
only seeing her out-of-date sweater, her kitschy décor and the
vile bread
crumbs that lodge in the corners of her noisy mouth. Below the surface
of these irritating traits,
lie the
ingrained mechanisms that his mother has always cultivated so dearly –
manipulation and guilt. Hubert, confused
and torn by a love-hate relationship that obsesses him more and more
each day,
wanders in and out of an adolescence that is both marginal an typical,
combining artistic discovery, openness to friendship, ostracism, and
sex. All the while, he is consumed by his
all
encompassing contempt for this woman he somehow once loved.
Official Entry Academy Awards® Best Foreign Language Film, Canada
41st Directors Fortnight Awards, CANNES
ART CINEMA AWARD
REGARDS JEUNES » PRIZE 2009
LE PRIX SACD / SACD PRIZE
Canwest Award, Best Canadian Feature Film
RT: 100 minutes, 35mm color, aspect ratio 1.85 flat, Dolby SR, digital
exhibition format: Digital Betacam, aspect ratio 16x9 anamorphic
(1.78), sound: stereo, in French with English subtitles, not rated by
the MPAA
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CAST & CREW
Anne Dorval
| Xavier Dolan-Tadros | François Arnaud
Suzanne Clément | Patricia Tulasne |
Niels Schneider | Monique Spaziani
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