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Hubert Minel: We should be able to kill ourselves. In our heads. And then be reborn. To be able to talk, look at each other, be together. As if we never met before.
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Julie Cloutier: I don't have a class right now, let's get a bite.
Hubert Minel: Isn't it illegal for teachers and students to hang out?
Julie Cloutier: Not as much as killing your mother.
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan (Xavier Dolan), born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer.
In 2009, he directed his first film " J'ai tué ma mère ", which won three awards at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. In 2010, with the film " Les amours imaginaires ", he won the Young Sight Award at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival
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. In 2012, with the film " Laurence Anyways ", he was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit and kind of attention award at the 65th Cannes Film Festival
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. In 2013, with the film " Tom At The Farm ", he was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 70th Venice Film Festival. In 2014, with the film " Mommy " won the 67th Cannes Film Festival Jury Award
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. In 2016, with the film " Juste La Fin Du Monde " won the 69th Cannes International Film Festival Jury Award
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, César Awards for 2017 Best Director, Best Editing Award
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. In 2019, directed the movie " Matthias & Maxime ".
Early Experience
Xavier Dolan started acting at the age of 12 and appeared in an advertisement for Jean Coutu, the largest pharmaceutical company in Canada. He is the French voice of Justin of " High School Musical " and the Werewolf Jacob of " The twilight saga " in Canada.
Performing Experience
In 2009, Xavier Dolan, who was less than 20 years old, wrote, directed and acted in the film " J'ai tué ma mère ". The director's biweekly unit that year participated in the contest. The film tells about the resistance of a young boy during adolescence and the delicate relationship between mother and child. The topic is under the director's lens, poetic and beautiful, creative inspiration flying all over the sky, the film won the 62nd Director's Fortnight French Writers and Composers Association Award, International Art Theater Association Award and Young Sight Award.
In 2010, he directed the romantic film " Les amours imaginaires ", which was shortlisted for a kind of attention unit and won the Youth Sight Award. This became the youngest candidate for director ever in the official selection unit of the Cannes Film Festival (as of 2010)
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In 2012, when Xavier Dolan's third work " Laurence Anyways " was completed, he immediately entered the Cannes sight and was regarded by reporters as a strong candidate for the Cannes Palme d’Or. The film tells the story of the middle-aged teacher Laurence, determined to face Inner truth, abandoning men's clothing, from then on, the story of red lip earrings, wearing women's clothing and facing the world, inherited the poetic and creative imagination in Xavier Dolan's films, and at the same time, stepped forward in narrative and character creation, and became more ambitious.
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In 2013, directed the thriller film " Tom At The Farm ", which was shortlisted for the main competition of the 70th Venice Film Festival. In 2014, Xavier Dolan took on the roles of director, screenwriter, producer, actor, etc. of " Mommy ", and even the English and French subtitles of the film were completed by him himself. The film was nominated for the main competition in Cannes for the first time. The emotional fetters between the manic mother and son and the neighbors with aphasia, the film can also see the projection of Xavier Dolan's personal feelings
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In May 2015, he served as a member of the jury for the main competition unit of the 68th Cannes International Film Festival
; in the same year, he shot the MV for Adele's single "Hello"
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In May 2016, he directed the film " Juste La Fin Du Monde ", which was shortlisted in the main competition of the 69th Cannes International Film Festival and won the Jury Prize
. With this film, he represented Canada in the 89th Academy Awards for the best foreign language Film award and shortlisted in the top nine
; July, directed the first English film " The Death And Life of John F. Donovan "
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On August 31, 2017, joined the drama film " Boy Erased " directed by Australian actor Joel Edgerton
. In 2018, starred in the movie " It: Chapter Two "
. In 2019, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film " Matthias & Maxime "
, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.
Personal Life
family
Xavier Dolan was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1989. His mother is a Canadian teacher with French and Irish descent, and his father is a Canadian actor and singer with Egyptian descent
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emotion
Xavier Dolan is a gay who came out publicly. He once publicly stated that his directorial debut "J'ai tué ma mère" is a semi-autobiographical film. He said that he has been contributing to the elimination of the boundary between homosexuality and heterosexuality, but he avoided mentioning "homosexuality" abruptly in the film, because he felt that homosexuality is normal and "should not be a problem at all." People forget the gay label of the character while watching the movie
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Character Evaluation
Xavier Dolan used life-like details to describe the family relationship to the movie "Mommy" using violence and verbal as the framework to feed back the family relationship, and then reflected the personality defects of the three protagonists. This is the theme of Xavier Dolan's movie .
Canadian director Xavier Dolan has only filmed five feature films and one short film, but each one has achieved a good reputation, and won many awards at the Cannes Film Festival. His works are presented, without exception, using the most unique aesthetics. And the lens language expounds the most essential thing of human beings-emotions. From "J'ai tué ma mère" to "Mommy", Dolan's works all carry his personal psychological and emotional trends and the potential emotional changes in the film. The initial emotional opposition, to constant quarrels and rebellions, and finally to forgiveness and reconciliation, alienation and return have become an important clue to the emotional changes in Dolan’s films, and developed into a unified dual narrative mode .
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