Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic77/100
1,183 audience votes
Key crew
- Xavier DolanDirector
- Nicholas Savard-L'HerbierOriginal Music Composer
- Xavier DolanScreenplay
Cast
- Anne DorvalChantale Lemming
- Xavier DolanHubert Minel
- François ArnaudAntonin Rimbaud
- Suzanne ClémentJulie Cloutier
- Patricia TulasneHélène Rimbaud
- Niels SchneiderEric
- Monique SpazianiDenise
- Pierre ChagnonRichard Minel
- Justin CaronYoung Hubert
- Benoît GouinBoarding School Principal
- Johanne-Marie TremblayBoarding School Teacher
- Hugolin ChevretteStudent Fighter #1
Stills
Themes
parent child relationshipboarding schoolcoming of agemale homosexualityrelationshipoverbearing mothersingle motherargumentlgbtlgbt teensemi autobiographicalmother son relationship