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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
3,311 Views


Because...

I know what I look like.

It's working.

It works.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

Thanks.

Yes?

Page 3, paragraph 3...

The sub was kind of vague

about the assignment...

Hi, Laurence!

Hello, Mr. Lafortune.

$0?

D-day, dear?

Didn't see you come in today.

It's quite a shock, huh?

Is it a revolt?

No, sire, it's a revolution!

A class of 30, 35 students.

You said we'd be shopping?

We are shopping.

What a perfect gift for a first day.

Punch me!

What's next?

A clutch and a Barbie fridge?

Just walking down the street

takes balls of steel.

You guys remember

where you put 'em?

Please. Give it a rest, ok?

How about this one, Stef?

It's cute, it's simple, it's...

Depends. Are you going

for the suicidal look or...

or Grandma Beaver's bangs?

God you're ill intended!

Our kids won't be like that.

Oh my God, you want to spawn?

I'm going out for a smoke.

And maybe a quick hurl.

Come on, Stef!

What?

I don't want to be cut off from

both my mother and my sister.

It's a bit too much.

Look who's talking!

We're not exactly super-normal,

are we?

Our generation can take this.

We're ready for it.

Mom!

Happy birthday.

Open it!

Sable hair paintbrushes.

I know, but...

They cost a fortune!

When did you start playing dress-up?

Today.

Maybe we could surprise Dad?

I could come home with you.

Sure.

Then what, world peace?

I'll miss my train.

Let's go away this summer.

How about the Isle of Black?

For peace and quiet.

No one knows it exists.

They're all in Ogunquit.

Peace?

Well, in a way.

I know, it's not your birthday

it's your mom's, but...

I wanted to celebrate your first day.

Fred, you didn't have to!

The fact that you're here

means everything to me.

You may find this stupid, but...

It's not, but...

The moment I met you,

I knew I was in for

something extraordinary.

You want to go one step further?

I'm your man.

I'm proud of you.

I'm proud of us.

On the health that's regained

On the perils of old days

On the hope with no past

I'm writing your name

Liberty

F***in' teachers!

Boring b*tches with broomsticks

up their butts! They're everywhere!

Are they f***ing with you?

Old people can be so...

For me, it's young people.

Guys my age.

I rarely talk to them.

I hang out with older guys.

Not misfits but people who are

curious and care to share.

Basically bored.

Labelled 'abnormal'

because they don't have kids

or still have roommates at 40.

What do you

hear most, really?

Mystics, zealots,

guys who expostulate theories

about the laws of nature or Jesus...

Oh. yeah!

The one that beats them all, by far:

That's different.

Well, I don't run into

many dudes in stilettos.

It is 'different'.

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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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