Tom at the Farm (2013)

Original title

Tom à la ferme

Directed by

Xavier Dolan

Genre

drama film, thriller film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 861 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from Montreal travels to a remote farm for his boyfriend's funeral. He must hide their relationship from the grieving mother while dealing with the deceased's aggressive and domineering brother.

tensemelancholicclaustrophobicslow-burnunsettlingintimatepsychologicalsomber

What happens

Tom at the Farm (French: Tom à la ferme) is a 2013 psychological thriller film directed by and starring Xavier Dolan. The film is based on the play of the same name by Michel Marc Bouchard, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dolan. It also stars Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy, Evelyne Brochu, Manuel Tadros, Jacques Lavallée and Anne Caron. The plot follows Tom (Dolan), a young man from Montreal who travels to the Quebec countryside for his boyfriend's funeral. There, he meets his mother (Roy), who is unaware of her deceased son's sexual orientation, and his aggressive brother (Cardinal) who insists that Tom hide their relationship from his grieving mother. A co-production between Canada and France, Tom at the Farm had its world premiere on 2 September 2013 in the main competition section of the 70th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. The film was released theatrically in Canada on 28 March 2014 and in France on 16 April 2014. It was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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