2.  Il n’ y a de vrai au monde que de
deraisonner d’amour…
Alfred De Musset

3.  Canadian movie in French released in 2010
 A movie by Xavier Dolan
 Premier: 16 May 2010 (Cannes Film Festival)
 Release date in Greece: 2 December 2010
 Filmed in Canada (Montreal, Portneuf, Sante-
Croix in Quebec)

4.  Genres: drama / romance
 Budget: $CAN 600,000 (estimated)
 Box office: $CAN 75,445 (opening weekend)
 Nominated for: Cannes Film Festival (won),
Cesar Awards, Genie Awards, Hamptons
International Film Festival (won), Jutra
Awards(won) and Sydney Film festival (won)

6.  Protagonists: Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri,
Niels Schneider
 Music: Dalida- Bang Bang, The Knife- Pass
this on, Fever Ray- Keep the streets empty
for me, Isabelle Pierre-Le temps est bon
 Xavier Dolan is also the director, writer,
producer, editor, art director and costume
designer of this movie!

8.  Two best friends, Francis (Xavier Dolan) and
Marie (Monia Chokri) fall in love with the same
guy, Nicholas (Niels Schneider)
 Neither of them confesses their love
 The three hang around more and more (even
sleep at the same bed)
 The two friends act like they are in some kind of
competition with each other
 Nicholas gives ambiguous signs to both of
them

10.  On a weekend excursion, the two friends over
jealousy end up wrestling in the ground!
 Nicholas is not at all touched by this scene
and leaves saying: ‘you can either love me
or leave me’
 Watch the scene

12.  The friendship of Marie and Francis is
ruined
 Nicholas doesn’t care about them
 Marie writes a love letter to Nico, while
Francis decides to confront him and tell
him how he feels
 What happens next?

13.  Finally, Nicholas
hurts both of them
 Marie and Francis
are devastated but
give their friendship a
second chance
 A year later they
meet Nico at a party
but totally ignore him
 Then, they flirt with
another guy
suggesting that the
situation will start all
over again…

17.  During the film several people share their
love experiences that eventually hurt them…
 ‘everyone is much more in love with the
idea and not with the real person’
 ‘if you think very high of someone he is
always right’
 ‘Loving somebody is something, the rest
is nothing…’

18.  ‘Smoking is like
forgetting…The smoke
hides everything…Light
it up, smoke, shut up…’
 ‘what matters is to sleep
in somebody’s hug and
when you wake up to feel
your loved one’s
breathing on your
shoulder’

19.  Inspiring direction
 Multilevel costume designing
 Approach of the love issue
 Multidimensional characters
 Illustration of the characters emotional state
through the movie’s soundtrack

20.  Born in 1989 in
Montreal, Quebec
 Acted in several
French-speaking
movies
 Filmmaker of two
movies, preparing
a third one
 Multitalented guy
 Open homosexual
 Semi-
autobiographical
movies

21. “Through my movies I try to
exorcize my inner demons”
Xavier Dolan

22. Thanks for your attendance!
Do not forget to watch the movie!!
Hope you enjoyed it!!!
By: D. Kotsiopoulos, S. Katsanou, H.
Kotsoni