I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’AI TUÉ MA MERE)
DIR. XAVIER DOLAN | 2009 | CANADA | 96 MIN. – French, with English subtitles

The debut feature film of 20 year old Québec director Xavier Dolan, I Killed My Mother is a semi-autobiographical film about a gay teenager at odds with his mother, a divorced lower-middle class suburban mom who seems to be doing the best that she can. I Killed My Mother made its stunning debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home four awards, and went on to become Canada’s official nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Academy Awards.

“What’s miraculous about Xavier Dolan’s feature debut, I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère) — is that that he did it while he was still a teenager. To see an incandescent talent captured in all its raw, youthful vitality is rare…a remarkably assured work.” - Brian Johnson / MacLeans