Xavier Dolan is a talented director and actor born in 1989. In 2009, when he was less than 20 years old, he wrote, directed and acted in the film "I Killed My Mother", which was shortlisted for the Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, and won three awards against many famous directors.
The first Dolan's work I remember watching was I killed my mother. At that time, I hadn't fallen into Dolan's pit. The movie was so literary that I didn't even finish it. Then I watched Tom's farm trip, fell in love with Dolan, killed my mother, found me and watched it again, and it got out of hand.
From the time I killed my mom to this mommy, it can be seen that Dolan has grown step by step, and his thinking has become more mature. The male protagonist in this Mummy will not hate his mother as much as I kill in it. On the contrary, the male protagonist in this work loves his mother deeply, and in the end knows the pain he has brought to his mother, and even hates it. Own. Dolan is no longer the lush, rebellious teenager he used to be, and his films have more depth.
The editing of this film was also done by Dolan himself. He innovatively adopted a 1:1 picture shooting method. When all the characters were squeezed into that square picture, I felt that my breathing changed very much. Difficulty, giving people a very heavy sense of depression. The opening screen in the middle gave me a great surprise. When the male protagonist opened the screen with his hand, I felt refreshed and the color of the picture changed from dark to bright. It was this transformation that received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival before the movie was over.
The actors in this film are also very good. The actor Antoine-Oliver Bonian has appeared in many Dolan films. In this film, he plays an ADHD patient. He perfectly combines the madness and sadness of this role. Performed well, showing off his acting skills to the fullest. The actor's mother is actress Anne Durvale, who is also an acquaintance in Dolan's film. In Mommy, the scene I remember the most about her is the scene where she parted with the female neighbor at the end. Holding back the tears and not crying, I felt that my whole body was exerting force, showing the strength of a mother, and it was very real. And the actor who plays the neighbor is Suzanne Clermont, in which she plays an aphasia high school teacher. Her helplessness, his distress for the male protagonist, and her kindness are all performed by Suzanne. This movie is a masterpiece that comes from the tacit cooperation of these excellent actors and directors.
Dolan's film has been devoted to focusing on the marginalized for 100 years, and this one is no exception. This film tells the story of a single mother with ADHD and many emotional disorders. The son encounters a high school teacher with aphasia. This film is not intended to show the pain of these people, but to use pain to set off the feelings between people. Just like in the movie, no matter how the son hurts the mother when he is sick, the mother will never leave him; the neighbor's aphasia also gradually improves in a happy atmosphere. The movie should be trying to tell us that there is no permanent defect, as long as there is love, defects can become beautiful, as long as we can gradually learn to accept and learn to tolerate. At the end of the movie, the male protagonist is at least free. He doesn't have to control himself to make others feel at ease. He can finally be himself without restraint. Thinking about it this way, he thinks that maybe this is the best ending.
Dolan seems to be very willing to observe the lives of such people, and also wants to share these stories with the public. He wants more people to pay attention to them, and he hopes that the world will be a better place. I think Dolan's talent seems to be this: he dares to be different from others, he dares to do things others dare not do, and he has the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. And that's why I love him. I'd like to be Dolan's brainless fan for the rest of my life. I don't think this "brainless" is ashamed.
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