Xavier Dolan
Biography: Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination. Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards. Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), and It Chapter Two (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Xavier Dolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: March 20, 1989
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I Killed My Mother
2009-06-05
I Killed My Mother
Overview: Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-05
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Good Neighbours
2011-06-03
Good Neighbours
Overview: Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor moves into the building, all three quickly hit it off. However, they soon discover each has his or her own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety. But the more time these three neighbors spend together in their apartment building, the clearer it becomes that what they once thought of as a safe haven is as dangerous as any outside terrors they could imagine.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-03
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Toopy and Binoo The Movie
2023-08-11
Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Overview: After an escalation of blunders, Toopy and Dorothy, a comical genie, accidentally make Binoo’s beloved stuffed animal, Patchy-Patch, disappear. The trio immediately set out to find the fabulous land of “The Lost and Found” where Patchy-Patch is surely to be found. Along the way, the group meets twin seagulls looking for their father, and a magnificent Princess who has lost her dance partner. Together, and despite Toopy’s bumbling ways, they will try to find Patchy Patch and their lost loves.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-08-11
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Heartbeats
2010-09-29
Heartbeats
Overview: Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' indeterminate affections, a conflict that climaxes when the trio visit the vacation home of Nicolas' mother. The frothy comedy unfolds through narrative, fantasy sequences and confessional monologues.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-29
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The Hidden Fortress
2001-06-22
The Hidden Fortress
Overview: Just like every other summer, the children of two camp-sites play "war". But, this summer it takes an interesting turn.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-06-22
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Il était une fois... « Mommy »
2017-05-14
Il était une fois... « Mommy »
Overview: In 2014, the movie « Mommy » directed by Xavier Dolan, got the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. This was a great achievement for this director prodigy from Quebec, who had just turned 25. The script - a tumultuous relationship between a single mother and his hyperactive and violent son - and the bold direction electrified the audience. Shot in Montreal, the documentary by Tessa Louise Salomé tells the genesis of this family drama. It also reveals the failures of the society in Quebec : the failure of the mental institution and the impoverishment of the middle class.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-05-14
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Tom at the Farm
2014-04-16
Tom at the Farm
Overview: A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-04-16
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Mirrors
2007-06-29
Mirrors
Overview: Julian is a melancholic teenager on holiday at the family cottage. His holiday gets a twist when a mysterious neighbor confuses him. A summertime coming-of-age drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-06-29
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Lipsett Diaries
2010-10-10
Lipsett Diaries
Overview: A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into a clash of images and sounds charting a prodigious frenzy of creation, a tableau depicting an artist’s dizzying descent into depression and madness: with LIPSETT DIARIES, Theodore Ushev renews his filmmaking aesthetic and explores what happens when genius is on a first-name basis with madness.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-10-10
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Miraculum
2014-02-28
Miraculum
Overview: Sometimes, we're just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness, grows fond of the miracle survivor of a plane crash. Two sexagenarians, a bartender and a parking lot attendant want to explore their forbidden passions. A conservative, well-off couple drown their disappointments in booze and gambling. And a man does his utmost to make amends for an irredeemable action, bringing us to a plane bound for Cuba. An ensemble film where every character affects the lives of others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-02-28
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Suzie
2009-04-17
Suzie
Overview: Suzie, a 58 year old depressed taxi driver on the night shift. On Halloween, she finds a 10 year old autistic boy in the back seat of her taxi with 50$ and an address. As Suzie arrived at the father's address, she realizes the mess this family is in. This child and her own troubled past lead her down a surprising road.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-17
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Elephant Song
2015-02-20
Elephant Song
Overview: A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-20
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Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016-09-20
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Overview: Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the young Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who has conquered the hearts of both cinema lovers and prestigious festival juries with his films. To French actress Nathalie Baye, he seems very experienced despite his young age, while Cannes Director Thierry Frémaux says he may be insolent, but everyone agrees he is passionate, creative, a perfectionist and... in a hurry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-09-20
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Martyrs
2008-06-12
Martyrs
Overview: A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-06-12
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Laurence Anyways
2012-05-18
Laurence Anyways
Overview: The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-05-18
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Heads or Tails
1997-03-14
Heads or Tails
Overview: A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-03-14
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The Great Arch
The Great Arch
Overview: The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen who surprised the world when he won an open- call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
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Boy Erased
2018-09-24
Boy Erased
Overview: Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-24
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Matthias & Maxime
2019-10-09
Matthias & Maxime
Overview: Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-10-09
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It Chapter Two
2019-09-04
It Chapter Two
Overview: 27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-04
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Bad Times at the El Royale
2018-10-04
Bad Times at the El Royale
Overview: Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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Le cri du rhinocéros
2018-11-27
Le cri du rhinocéros
Overview: Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him. Do artists have an expiry date? Do we create our best works in our youth or, on the contrary, does experience allow us to develop a greater mastery of our medium? In this respect, are there important differences between the different forms of art such as music, cinema and literature?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-11-27
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Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
2011-09-26
Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
Overview: Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; Christoph Scheermann's "Cake and Sand" starring Bartholomew Sammut and Jan Andreesen; Michael Rozanov's "Watch Over Me" starring Guy Kapulnik and Davidi Hoffman; Joachim Back's "The New Tenants" starring David Rakoff and Jamie Harrold; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Just Friends?" starring Lee Je-hoon and Yeon Woo-jin; Étienne Desrosiers's "Mirrors" starring Xavier Dolan, Stéphane Demers, and Julie Beauchemin; Christopher Banks's "Communication" starring Rudi Vodanovich and Alexander Campbell; Tomer Velkoff's "The Traitor" co-starring Shmulik Goldstein; Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein's "The Strange Ones" starring David Call, Tobias Campbell, and Merritt Wever; and Tamer Ruggli's "Cappuccino" starring Benjamin Décosterd and Manuela Biedermann.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-26
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Lost Illusions
2021-10-20
Lost Illusions
Overview: Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-10-20
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The Beast
2024-02-07
The Beast
Overview: In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-02-07
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Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous
2023-04-04
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous
Overview: A nostalgic deep dive into the world of Rock Demers’ popular children’s film series.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-04-04
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