LAURENCE ANYWAYS (12) 2012 CANADA DOLAN, XAVIER IN FRENCH £15.99
Xavier Dolan writes and directs this French-Canadian romantic drama
about the effect of a sex change on a long-standing heterosexual
relationship. Literature teacher Laurence (Melvil Poupaud) and his
partner Fred (Suzanne Clément) have shared a long and stable marriage,
but Laurence has been harbouring a secret. One day he announces to Fred
that he feels he has been living a lie for years, and that he can no
longer go on living as a man when he knows that he is meant to be a
woman.
Initially shocked and saddened, Fred eventually pledges to support
Laurence throughout his transition and aim for a shared future. However,
the pressure on their relationship proves greater than either could
have anticipated. Can their partnership survive such a monumental
change?
DVD available at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/french-dvds
SBCC Film Reviews – http://sbccfilmreviews.org/?p=24551
I KILLED MY MOTHER (15) 2009 CANADA CANADA DOLAN, IN FRENCH £15.99
Hubert Minel doesn’t love his mother. The seventeen-year-old regards her
with haughty contempt, and sees only her dated sweaters, kitsch
decorations and the breadcrumbs that get stuck on the corner of her lips
when she munches. In addition to these irritating surface details,
there are also the cherished family mechanisms of manipulation and
guilt. Confused by a love/hate relationship which obsesses him more and
more each day, and desperate to escape the suffocating atmosphere of his
mother’s working-class, suburban home, Hubert drifts through the
mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical: artistic
discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, sex, and
ostracism.
The directing debut of young French-Canadian actor Xavier Dolan is a
cathartic, fiercely compelling evocation of turbulent late adolescence.
Visually stunning, with exquisite performances from Dolan himself – as
the volatile, verbally savage Hubert – and a highly acclaimed cast
including Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clément, I Killed My Mother was the
winner of 22 international film awards in 2009, including three
categories at Cannes.
DVD available at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/french-dvds
Review at – http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-xavier-dolans-mother-marks-the-birth-of-a-new-talent
New York Times review – http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/movies/i-killed-my-mother-a-xavier-dolan-film.html?_r=0
HEARTBEATS/LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES (15) 2010 CANADA DOLAN, XAVIER IN FRENCH £15.99
Drama chronicling a love triangle between three 20-something metrosexual
friends in Montreal: Marie (Monia Chokri), Frankie (Xavier Dolan) and
Nicolas (Niels Schneider).
DVD available at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/french-dvds
New York Times review – http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/movies/25heart.html
LA FOLIE D’AMOUR: THE XAVIER DOLAN COLLECTION (15) £28.99
Contains – Heartbeats/I Killed My Mother/Laurence Anyways
DVD available at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/french-dvds
