Yes, you read that correctly. Last year's TIFF was blown up by the debut of a multitalented twenty-year-old writer/director/actor by the name of Xavier Dolan. The Quebec native wrote the screenplay for J'ai Tué Ma Mère when he was a babyfaced boy of seventeen and produced, directed, and starred in it by twenty. (What? You'd done absolutely nothing noteworthy by 20? You feel like a complete underachiever? Did I mention it premiered at Cannes and won every award it was eligible for?) The film is no horror film, no murder involved - rather, the semi-autobiographical film depicts the relationship of a homosexual son - played by Dolan - and his mother (Anne Dorval), and is a moving, raw, and powerful homage to the tribulations of a homosexual teenager. However, Dolan argued, the focus is not on the homosexuality, but on the relationship between a mother and her son, who just happens to be gay.
I do wonder what his mother's reaction to the film was...
Watch it and let me know what you think - should get you in the mood for TIFF 2010
(Love his style, mind you - great hair.)
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