Xavier Dolan tied contemporaries Philippe Falardeau and Denis Villeneuve by winning his second Best Feature award at the 17th annual Jutra Awards. Quebec's answer...
Building upon Canadian author Craig Davidson's short story of the same title, Rust and Bone sees director Jacques Audiard in search of amourous authenticism...
In just two quick strokes, French Canadian helmer Xavier Dolan has canonized himself as one of the international film circuit's best nouveau gifts, but yet his third feature, his most difficult and perhaps least accessible (in terms of subject matter) film might be the item that allows him to do away from the wunderkid label. Landing grade A leads from France (Nathalie Baye and Melvil Poupaud) and subtracting himself from the front of the cameras will help draw more attention to both the film's aesthetic (which Dolan excels in) but the core attributes of the narrative as well.
Melvil Poupaud has replaced Louis Garrel in the cross-dresser titular lead role for French Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan's third feature film. Poupaud who was most recently seen in Gilles Marchand's Cannes bomb L'autre monde, joins his Les Sentiments co-star Nathalie Baye as part of constituency of French from France joining the France-Quebec production. Winter filming on Laurence Anyways takes place in Montreal next week up until the 12th of April...