MATTHIAS & MAXIME (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Xavier Dolan (Boy Erased), Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas (film debut), Pier-Luc Funk (Genesis), Antoine Pilon (Wolfe), Samuel Gauthier (The Fall of Sparta), Adib Alkhalidey (Mon Ami Walid), Catherine Brunet (Nelly), Marilyn Castonguay (L’Affaire Dumont), Micheline Bernard (King Dave), Anne Dorval (Mommy), Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Xavier Dolan (It’s Only the End of the World), director, writer, producer, editor; Nancy Grant (Diego Star), Elisha Karmitz (Pirat@ge) and Nathanaël Karmitz (Certified Copy), producers; Jean-Michel Blais (film debut), composer; André Turpin (Whitewash), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lifelong friends Matthias (Freitas) and Maxime (Dolan) are asked to share a kiss for a friend’s student film. Soon, however, the decision causes them to re-evaluate their friendship and their own feelings forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Auteur filmmaker Xavier Dolan returns with a quietly powerful new drama about how far people can go to hide their true feelings about one another.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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