I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) (2009)

2020: Others (341 movies items)

"Scritto a sedici anni e girato a meno di venti, il film che ha rivelato al mondo il talento di Dolan mette subito le carte in tavola riguardo ai suoi temi più cari: l'amore omosessuale magari negato e difficile, ma comunque analogo a qualunque altro fra passione e alti e bassi di coppia; il rapporto conflittuale madre-figlio che mischia amore e una disperante incapacità di comunicare. L'eccesso di autobiografismo, alcune ripetizioni, l'auto-indulgenza, qualche scelta non sempre felice (gli ins"

My year of LGBT films [2018] (66 movies items)

"This film was something else. Pretty enjoyable and funny. I spent a while trying to get into the heads of the lead character and his mother and trying to choose sides which was fun."

Foreign Language Oscar Submissions - CANADA (44 movies items)

"2009 82nd Academy Awards Not Nominated"

World Romance (31 movies items)

"Canada "

Films Watched in 2017 (225 movies items)

"29.1. Xavier Dolanin debyyttiohjaus on ehdottomasti merkittävä siltä osin, että mies oli elokuvan ilmestyessä vain 20-vuotias. Siihen nähden elokuva on huomattavan kypsä kuvatessaan homoseksuaalin pojan ja hänen äitinsä ongelmallista suhdetta. Vaikutteet on tässä vaiheessa vielä kiedottu aika tiukasti harteille ja monella tapaa kyseessä on raakile esim. Mommyyn verrattuna, jossa käsiteltiin pitkälti samoja teemoja, mutta valmiimmin ja selvärajaisemmin. Dolan ei pelkää tehdä "

A good movie

“The last time I saw my sister, she bought me a DVD-box with the complete work of Xavier Dolan so that's how I ended up watching his movies. It was actually pretty neat because, even though I kept hearing some interesting things about the guy, I hadn't watched anything he had directed yet. Obviously, the most logical way seemed to be starting with his directing debut and I can say that he really deserved all this praise. The thing I probably enjoyed the most about this movie was how recognizable the whole thing was. I'm pretty sure if I would show this movie to my wife, she would say right away that the guy is completely crazy (which might be partially true) but I was pretty much the same at this age, having all the time some major arguments with my mother about the most trivial things you ” read more

Best Directorial Debuts from 1921 until 2021 (307 movies items)

" directed by Xavier Dolan "