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Synopsis: The movie highlights ten years in the life of a literature teacher named Laurence who transforms himself into a woman after years of concealing his feelings. Her tremulous relationship with her family is further complicated by revealing herself to them while she struggles to find comfort with her significant other Frédérique. Though others may not initially accept or understand Laurence in her true form, those who knew her before her transformation still know her as Laurence, anyways.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Xavier Dolan
Production: Breaking Glass Pictures
  20 wins & 51 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
168 min
Website
3,263 Views


And I'm the criminal.

Stealing someone's life.

Whose life, Laurence?

The life of the woman I was born to be.

Everything I love about you, you hate.

Is that what you're saying?

Is that all you love?

So everything we've been

through is... nothing?

Everything... must...

be... reinterpreted.

I'm not stupid.

I would've known. I would've seen it.

I would've felt it.

You'd have done something.

Dressed up as a woman.

- Did you?

- No.

Did you?

- What did you wear?

- Nothing.

- What do you wear?

- Nothing!

What do you wear, Laurence?

A dress? A sweater?

Nothing. Anything.

Tell me what you wore.

Clothes I bought.

I wouldn't touch yours.

Out of respect for you.

Then I'd throw them away.

I just did it twice, three times.

Ten tops!

- Do you put make up on?

- Come on!

Yes, you do.

Did you ever...

Did you try on my underwear?

Once, I put on a pink bra.

Yeah, pink.

I didn't kill anybody, Fred.

- With a white shirt?

- No, black, of course.

- Your job.

- What about it?

- What will you do?

- Go in as a woman.

After Christmas. After the holidays.

I'll write it down:

'Upcoming Event, Save the Date.'

The List of Upcoming Events.

That's not funny. So not funny.

My life isn't real.

I'm on hold.

I bet you are!

Our life together isn't real?

It's just an 'on hold' thing?

Waiting for real life?

Waiting for me to realize

you've lied to me?

For two years?

I didn't lie.

I just didn't say anything.

I need time apart.

I need time to think.

Do you hate me?

Winter's here and the roof is leaking.

What a drag!

So what are you up to?

What do you mean?

How do you spend your days?

Apart from your work.

You go out, you read?

What do you and Dad do?

Nothing special.

What a question!

Why not go back to painting?

Want some more?

Some port?

They gave your dad a bottle.

Want some?

No, I'm fine. Thanks.

I'm glad you came by.

I need a man to move the TV.

Into the living room.

Your father's too weak for the stairs.

No problem.

Won't you go say hello?

Hey, Dad.

- How are you?

- Fine.

You're hurting? Where?

I thought of you yester...

Wait for the commercial, I can't hear.

Wait for the commercial.

Read between the lines.

He just wanted you

to be in on the secret.

Yeah, sure.

I can't. I just can't.

I gotta be there for him.

I can't just dump him.

Come on!

He knew you'd run when you heard.

I'm sure he's already made his peace.

Boys don't cry and while you are...

He's having a party, trust me.

In fact, he probably did you a big favour...

Cut to the chase, coach!

Look, you're a woman who loves men.

He's a man who wants to be a woman.

Bottom line:
pack your bags,

thank you, bye.

I need to wake up next to him.

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Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan-Tadros (French pronunciation: ​[gzavje dɔlɑ̃tadʁo]; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his debut feature I Killed My Mother (J’ai tué ma mère), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight.He has won many awards for his film work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only The End of the World. more…

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