Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
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Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
“Are you ready… for your close-up?”
Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas in Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan in Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan & Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas at Cannes Film Festival, May 23 2019.
Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Speaking at the “Matthias & Maxime” press conference, Dolan called out an industry double standard in which films centered around queer characters are almost always labeled “gay films” or “queer films” while movies about relationships between men and women are never defined by their sexuality. While “Matthias & Maxime” deals with a gay storyline, in Dolan’s eyes it’s as much a film and love story as one with heterosexual characters.
“This film is not gay, It’s life,” Dolan told press. “We never talk about heterosexual films. ‘Oh, I saw this great heterosexual love story.’ For me, it’s not a story of homosexuality or gay love. Ultimately, I don’t think that the two protagonists are aware that it is gay love. It’s love.”
Poster for Matthias et Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan
Matthias & Maxime (2019) dir. Xavier Dolan