Films

I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)

I Killed My Mother

Subtitle Language: French with English Subtitles

In Attendance: Carole Mondello (Executive Producer)

In this semi-autobiographical story, first time writer, producer and director Xavier Dolan explores with exactness and depth the intense relationship of a young boy and his mother.

Hubert Minel (Xavier Dolan) doesn't love his mother (Anne Dorval). The 16-year-old haughtily regards her with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters, kitsch decorations, and the breadcrumbs that get stuck on the corner of her lips when she munches. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is the added weight of his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused more and more each day by this obsessive love/hate relationship, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, sex and, ostracism. One of the most talked about Canadian films in recent years at Cannes, Xavier Dolan’s debut feature film is a raw intimate portrayal of his personal relationship, homosexuality, and coming of age.

This film has been rated: 14A - Content advisory - Mature Subject Matter, Coarse Language, Sexual Content

CICAE Award Cannes Film Festival 2009, Prix Regards Jeune Cannes Film Festival 2009, SACD Prize (Director's Fortnight) Cannes Film Festival 2009

Director: Xavier Dolan
Executive Producer: Carole Mondello
Producer: Xavier Dolan
Cinematographer Stéphanie Weber-Biron
Editor: Hélène Girard
Music: Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier
Cast: Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, Suzanne Clément, François Arnaud, Patricia Tulasne, Niels Schneider, Monique Spaziani