Xavier Dolan - Blog Posts
To write, it is to scream without saying anything.
<Écrire c’est hurler sans bruit.>
To scream, it is to write in another way.
“J'ai cherché” by Amir in Matthias & Maxine (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
"What would you do If I died today?" “I'd die tomorrow."
I Killed My Mother (2009) dir. Xavier Dolan
We still love each other, right?
MOMMY (2014) dir. Xavier Dolan
Tom à la ferme, 2013
The film exudes psychosexual tension and an attractive danger hiding in almost every scene. Dolan does not need a lot of resources to recreate a tangible sappress. The history of the film is formed by a small group of people (among which two - volume and Francis) in isolated farmers, which have their own secrets. The film contains many subtle hints of what mentally unstable characters think about. This helps to explain their sometimes irrational behavior. Tom clearly reaches for violence. He discovers that he is attracted by violence and the danger that Francis exudes. Francis has its own motives for rapprochement with Tom.