The relationship of a single mother and her gay teenage son; as he begins to individuate, their intensely loving relationship erupts with periodic bursts of volatility. A confident and audacious work for a 19-year-old first-time filmmaker, but one rooted in something many have experienced: an adolescent boy and his mother. The farce and the tragedy of this strained relationship, so compellingly and believably performed by writer/director Xavier Dolan and Anne Dorval, ripples through every beautifully composed and hysterically emotional scene.
Review of I Killed My Mother
