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I Killed My Mother

J'ai tué ma mère

Canada

2009

96 Min
Color, Black and White
1.85:1
French
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DIR Xavier Dolan

EXEC Carole Mondello

PROD Xavier Dolan, Daniel Morin

SCR Xavier Dolan

DP Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron

CAST Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan, Suzanne Clément, François Arnaud, Monique Spaziani, Niels Schneider, Patricia Tulasne, Pierre Chagnon

ED Hélène Girard

MUSIC Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier

SOUND Sylvain Brassard

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs): C.I.C.A.E. Award, Prix Regards Jeune, SACD Prize, Toronto (Special Presentation): Jay Scott Prize, AFI FEST (New Lights Competition), São Paulo (New Filmmakers Competition), Rotterdam (Bright Future), Transilvania (Supernova), Melbourne (First Encounters), Mar del Plata (Panorama), Vancouver (Canadian Images): Best Canadian Feature Film, Stockholm (Competition), Outfest (International Dramatic Feature)

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Hubert Minel dislikes his mother. For his sixteen years, with contempt, he only sees her ugly sweaters, kitschy décor and the bread crumbs that lodge in the corners of her lips when she eats noisily. Beyond these irritating things, there is also the manipulation and guilt, mechanisms dear to his Mother. Confused by their love-hate relationship, Hubert also experiences typical adolescent moments – artistic discoveries, experiences of friendship, sex and ostracism. —Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan (born March 20, 1989), sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. Formerly a child actor in films such as J’en suis!, Le marchand de sable and La forteresse suspendue and television series such as Omertà, La loi du silence, he attracted international attention when his first film as a director and screenwriter, J’ai tué ma mère, won three awards from the Director’s Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

After J’ai tué ma mère he directed his second feature film Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), which was financed privately. It follows the infatuation of two friends with the same mysterious young man. Inevitably, their friendship suffers. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the 63e Festival de Cannes in May 2010, to standing ovation.

Dolan says that he is planning his third film called Laurence any ways, about a transsexual… read more

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Nadia

25Jan12

"I do not love my mother, but at the same time, i can't stop loving her". This quote was in my head. And it still makes me think ...even months after seeing the movie.

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Susie Q

12Jan12

I had more sympathy for the mother than for Hubert. Am I old?

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Adam

26Dec11

Does anybody know where I can watch this online with decent English subtitles for free? I know that's a lot to ask but yeah

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This film is amazing and not only because of his director’s youth ; it’s fresh and honest, touching and full of moments of inmersion into the protagonist’s pshyco. But those introspective moments don’t…  read review

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