English title
I KILLED MY MOTHER

Photo Credits: Mifilifilms

Photo Credits: Mifilifilms

Photo Credits: Mifilifilms


Xavier Dolan, 19-years-old, portrays an unforgettable story of love/hate relationship between a son and his mother. Breathtaking!
Original title J'AI TUE MA MERE
Director Xavier Dolan
COUNTRY Canada
Sales Agent Rezo World Sales
Genre Drama
Year 2009
Delivery status Completed
Date of availability 2010
Technical Information
Language French
Duration 100
Color or B&W Color
Image ratio 1.85
Sound format SR
Credits
Script
Producer Xavier Dolan
Production Companies Mifilifilms
Distributors Rezo Films
Cast Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément
Synopsis
Hubert Minel doesn’t love his mother. The 17-years-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 also his parents' cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him more and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical – artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, sex and ostracism.
Cast
Xavier Dolan
Anne Dorval
Suzanne Clément
Elise Guilbault
Awards & Festivals
Nominated for Caméra d'Or - Cannes Film Festival (Xavier Dolan) in 2009
Prix Regards Jeune - Cannes Film Festival (Xavier Dolan) in 2009
Nominated for Best Foreign Film - Cesar (Xavier Dolan) in 2010
SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight) (Xavier Dolan) in 2009




Press Quotes
What makes it extraordinary is its depth of feeling, which Dolan's age makes all the more impressive: he was just 19 when he made this.
Toronto Star
A stunning, semi-autobiographical tour de force from writer/director/producer/performer Xavier Dolan, it is a film with the sting of shrewdly observed truth.
Screen International