Hubert Minel doesn't love his mother. The seventeen-year-old regards her with haughty contempt and sees only her dated sweaters kitsch decorations and the breadcrumbs that get stuck on the corner of her lips when she munches. Confused by a love/hate relationship and desperate to escape the suffocating atmosphere of his mother's working-class suburban home Hubert drifts through the mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical. The directing debut of 19-year-old French-Canadian actor Xavier Dolan. Visually stunning with exquisite performances from Dolan himself and a highly acclaimed cast including Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clment the film won 22 international film awards in 2009 including three categories at Cannes.
Winner of the 1999 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and widely hailed as a masterpiece 'Rosetta' is an extraordinary portrait of a resourceful teenage girl struggling to find her way in a tough world. Both compelling and moving the film stars newcomer Emilie Dequenne whose outstanding realization of the title role earned her a Best Actress award at Cannes. Crafted with skill and energy by writer/director brothers Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne who adopt a virtuoso visual style t
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