Xavier Dolan returns to the lieu that launched his filmmaking career. 12 months to the date after exploding onto the interntional film scene with the triple prize winning portrait of a love/hate relationship between teenage son and mother in I Killed My Mother, Dolan moves “up” a section going from the Director’s Fortnight to the Un Certain Regard spot.
Les Amours imaginaires (a.k.a Heartbeats) is about Francis (Dolan) and Mary (Monia Chokri), two friends who fall in love with the same person (Niels Schneider). The unhealthy trio born from this chance encounter, soon unravels in a situation where everyone interprets ambiguous obsessive and destructive behavior of their tormentor.
