While Xavier Dolan’s fifth film opens with a title card situating us in “a fictional Canada,” the heartbreaking array of emotions he depicts is very real. The story follows a feisty widowed single mom (Dorval) who unexpectedly finds herself alone as she tries to care for her unpredictable and emotionally volatile 15-year-old son (Pilon). Shot in an Instagram-like 1:1 square aspect ratio, Mommy is simultaneously outrageous and brilliant.
Bursting with life, innovative visuals and a best-of soundtrack, Mommy is a critically acclaimed award-winner, garnering eight Canadian Screen Awards including Best Motion Picture, and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Bursting with life, innovative visuals and a best-of soundtrack, Mommy is a critically acclaimed award-winner, garnering eight Canadian Screen Awards including Best Motion Picture, and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Director
Xavier Dolan
Dolan is an acclaimed filmmaker and actor, whose films have won over 90 awards internationally. J’ai tué ma mere and Heartbeats both won the Regards Jeunes Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Laurence Anyways won the Queer Palm at Cannes, and Best Canadian Feature at TIFF, and Mommy won the Jury Prize at Cannes, 10 Jutra awards and nine CSAs. He also directed Tom at the Farm, It’s Only the End of the World, Matthias & Maxine, and others.
Writer
Xavier Dolan
Cast
Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Producers
Sylvain Corbeil, Lyse Lafontaine, Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant
Genre
Drama
Interest
LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
French