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Director
Xavier Dolan
Defining Films
Profile
Xavier Dolan-Tadros (French: [ɡzavje dɔlan tadʁɔs]; 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 th
In Their Own Words
All About My Mother was a revelation. It showed me what cinema could be—that cinema could speak about the women that I love, could celebrate their pain, their joy, their struggles.
On Todo sobre mi madre · The Guardian: Xavier Dolan: the new wunderkind of world cinema