Who Is Xavier Dolan?
Last night in Cannes, Montrealer Xavier Dolan surprised many by winning three of four prizes in the DIrector’s Fortnight for his film “I Killed My Mother.” Dolan stars in, wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical film which is about a 16-year-old boy just discovering his homosexuality and fighting with his mother, who constantly annoys him (“C.R.A.Z.Y.” 2009?). It apparently got a massive standing ovation (10 minutes, by the estimate of the friend I know who was there), and I suspect this is the beginning of a healthy life for the film on the festival circuit… I’d be shocked if it isn’t in the Toronto lineup (and personally disappointed… I’m kind of dying to see it at this point).
He has a really interesting bio… He was born in March, 1989, making him barely 20 years old. He’s the son of Quebec actor Manuel Tadros, and has been acting since he was 12 (this seems like a bit of a trend in Canada… think Sarah Polley and Jacob Tierney, both child actors that went on to direct acclaimed works in their 20s). He was the star of Jean Coutu commercials (a big Quebec drugstore… I’m actually in Montreal right now and many folks I know you grew up here remember the commercials vividly), recently starred in “Martyrs,” and does the Quebecois dubbing for the characters of Ron Weasley in Harry Potter, Justin in High School Musical 3, and Jacob Black in Twilight, among others.
And, well, not to take the superficial route.. but he’s also gay and really cute:
Film Circuit distributes many Canadian, independent and foreign films to places that wouldn’t normally get them. Below is the information for the group that brings these films into Winnipeg. Check it out. (Also, if you just search Film Circuit, then your city name you can usually find a centre near you) Most people I know who do the Film Circuit love input from people and can get you info on when they will show films like this.
City: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Circuit Group Name: Cinémental
Circuit Start-up: 2007
Contact: Marc-François Tremblay
Phone: (204) 788-3145
Email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: cinemental.com
Screens: Globe Theatre (Portage Place)
just saw the film w/english subtitles in montreal, one of the most beautiful films ever, should win best foreign film/oscar, great great acting, mother, hubert and boyfriend, so very very very honest, will recommend it to my gr 11 students
this must be a hardbreaking story,
hope it will be nominated in the best foreign picture category for the next oscars (you can always dream)
Was Dolan’s mother Irish? I suspect so. Dolan
is the Anglecised form of, O’Dobhailen, a name
recorded in, Galway (ancestral home of, Che
Guevara) since the 12th Century (MacLysaght)
The Dolan name is also popular in, Athlone,
Leitrim, Cavan (ancestral home of Edgar Alan
Poe)
Bravo Xavier for doing Ireland
proud too.
quite cute indeed! the thing I hate about films like these, is they are never shown in winnipeg, :(
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