J'ai tué ma mère (2009)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Xavier Dolan

Writer:

Xavier Dolan (written by)

Release Date:

February 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

A semi-autobiographical story about Dolan as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.

Plot Keywords:

Anger | Claim In Title | Love | Rebellion | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

9 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Anne Dorval	...	Chantale
Xavier Dolan	...	Hubert Minel
François Arnaud	...	Antonin
Suzanne Clément	...	Julie
Patricia Tulasne	...	Hélène
Niels Schneider	...	Éric
Monique Spaziani	...	Denise
Pierre Chagnon	...	Richard Minel
Emile Mailhot	...	Classroom Student #1
Pascale Audrey	...	Art Professor
Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle	...	Classroom Student #2
Mariflore Véronneau	...	Waitress
Manuel Tadros	...	Apartment Concierge
Johanne-Marie Tremblay	...	Boarding School Teacher
Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque	...	Student Fighter #1

Also Known As:

I Killed My Mother (International: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:14A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Mililifilms

Trivia:

Canada's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010.

Movie Connections:

References Fa yeung nin wa (2000)

Well-acted and devastatingly emotional

Review: I Killed My Mother/J'ai tué ma mère 9*/10

Largely autobiographical, the film details the intensely volatile relationship between a gay 16-year-old, Hubert (Dolan), and his mother, Chantale (Anne Dorval). The film builds through a series of richly hysterical conflicts that find these two characters exceedingly incapable of living with or without one another. Perhaps a viciously honest love story more than anything else, I Killed My Mother gives us an acute and compassionate portrayal of both sides of this complex human interaction.

Dolan stars as a Montreal teen whose relationship with his mother redefines "troubled" — the young hyphenate a natural in front of the camera and a little over-excited behind it.

Seen at the Toronto International Film Festival.