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je suis littéralement convaincu que c'est illégal de faire un film québécois sans que THIS GUY soit dedans 😭😭😭 rendu là

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The emancipation of Étienne Galloy | The Press

In High demolition, Étienne Galloy plays Raph Massi, a young comedian whose rise and fall will be as spectacular as the other. He also finds his first “adult” role there… but probably not his last. Posted at 6:00 a.m. We have seen Étienne Galloy a lot since January: in the fourth season of Plan B alongside Pier-Luc Funk, in the sequels of the series for teens The red wristbands And Lou and…

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I just watched Matthias et Maxime (2019) directed, produced, written by & starring Xavier Dolan. I am in love with this “drama focusing on a group of friends in their late 20s.” Here are some screengrabs of my favorite lines with a brief rundown of the central characters.

Matthias (aka Matt, played by Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas) - Clearly trying to be the ‘grown up’ of the group. He’s gorgeous, but a total type A personality, severely repressed sexuality issues & is so emotionally constipated that it hurts to witness. I’ve watched the movie through 3 times already & still can’t decide if I like him or not, but he’s top billed in the title, so he gets the first slot on this post.

Maxime (aka Max play by Xavier Dolan) - The boy everyone loves & I adore him. Maybe he’s an underdog, maybe he’s comedic relief, maybe he’s just that buddy they could always rely on. Whatever it is, he’s the heart of the group. This whole movie is about his moving to Australia for a bit & the gang just wants to enjoy the time that they have left together because they know it’s time for growing up & probably all of them moving on. This particular line wasn’t his funniest or best, but I chose it because it’s the most important line of the whole movie & when Matt just left him there like that? It’s what adds the most weight to the “Don’t” side of the scale of whether I like Matt.

Rivette (aka Marc-Antoine according to his mother or Marco per his sister, played by Pier-Luc Funk) - My absolute FAVORITE! Picking just one line for him for this post was physically painful & I’m working on screengrabs just dedicated to him. He’s a psych major at Cambridge, mostly grown up, bossy af, funny af, gay? (according to his sister), dating a professor? (implied by the guys) & the cool rich kid whose parents always let him throw parties for his friends. He is, I think, the glue that’s kept them all together beyond high school & college.

Frank (aka Frankie played by Samuel Gauthier) - The protector & my precious. This line doesn’t do much to capture his character, but I still loved it. Frankie has a temper, but, I sense that, he’s the guy in the group that would be the first to protect & defend his friends. We see that when he refuses to let Matt’s bs ruin Max’s going away party, even though his fight with Matt totally ruins things for Max.

Brass (played by Antoine Pilon) - he’s the stoner dude-bro of the group. He’s not a standout character, for me, but he’s very included in the group & I love how they all are together so I, by default, love him.

Shariff (aka Benjamin Shariff per Matt's mom, played by Adib Alkhalidey) - This is not an image for him from this movie & he has some good lines in the movie that I could have grabbed, but I don’t care. When I saw that this was his IMDB profile picture, it immediately erased any other image I have for him. His character in this movie, though, is the “hipster rocker” that Matt is referring to in his picture above. Shariff is the cool, sexy one. Even Matt’s mom is crushing on him. (I also love Matt's mom in this movie.)

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Erika (played by Camille Felton) - Rivette’s little sister. She’s probably supposed to annoy everyone as much as she does Matt, but I love her. More than that, I love the insults that her brother has for her. “$24,000 a year to talk like a bimbo & Instagram her breakfast burrito” said Rivette on Erika & her efforts in film school. Here, she’s calling Matt & Max another generation when she can’t possibly be more than a few years younger than them. She is so pretentious & condescending with these guys. Most importantly, she’s the catalyst for the events in this movie. If you don’t know what it’s about, here we finally go.

Erika has tagged along with Rivette to their parent’s “cabin” to work on her film project, much to the dismay of her big bro’s friends who are there for a weekend party. She has a few of her own friends with her & was supposed to have a pair of actresses there to be in her film project for school, but they bail at the last minute so she asks for two of the guys to stand in. Max agrees to help her out because he's "the chillest" according to Erika. Matt loses a bet & has to do it. The roles they’re to play? Just a couple of guys making out for the camera. We don’t get to see what her camera captured & I demand a DVD or BluRay release of this film ASAP with that unedited footage. (Please, I beg whoever may hear me & have the power, tell me that this will happen!)

Whatever happens between Matt & Max during that filming session sends Matt into a bit of a tailspin. He obviously wants Max, but it’s clear that he feels he shouldn’t. Whether it’s self-imposed or something impressed upon him by a father we never meet in the movie, Matt has an obvious idea of what it means to be a grown man & loving Max isn’t part of that. His friend group is not part of it. His childhood dream of owning/running a farm with Max is most definitely not a part of it. But Max’s going away & that stupid film are threatening to derail his perfectly planned future where he’ll advance quickly through the ranks of his stuffy corporate(lawyer?) job & likely marry his very nice girlfriend Sarah.

How does it end? Ambiguously, I fear, for the romance. But I still love it because this group of characters outlined here? They work. Their story, as a whole, is very good, even if Matt & Max are the focal points. The cast chemistry is very believable & I hope some, if not all, of the cast are friends in real life.

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Zona Diversa: Por la Palma de Oro

Xavier Dolan regresa a Cannes con su nuevo filme, "Matthias y Maxime" Xavier Dolan regresa al Festival de Cannes. Tres años después de haber obtenido el Premio del Jurado en éste encuentro cinematográfico de la riviera francesa, el cineasta canadiense tendrá una nueva oportunidad de competir por la prestigiosa Palma de Oro con su nuevo filme, "Matthias y Maxime", seleccionado entre la veintena de largometrajes que forman parte de la competencia. 

Lo que fuera un rumor que corrió durante algunas semanas lo confirmó el delegado general del encuentro fílmico, Thierry Frémaux. Así, Dolan enfrentará una sólida contienda porque los nuevos trabajos de figuras de la cinematografía internacional, entre ellos Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Jim Jarmusch, Marco Bellocchio y los hermanos Dardenne, también están presentes.  Con sólo 30 años de edad, Xavier Dolan ha sido seleccionado seis veces en Cannes y por tercera vez buscará la Palma de Oro. Sus dos últimas intervenciones fueron fructuosas ya que obtuvo el Gran Premio del Jurado con "Mommy", en 2014, y el Gran Premio del Jurado en 2016, con "Solo el fin del mundo".  Además, éste regreso a Cannes marca el décimo aniversario de la presentación de "Yo maté a mi madre", su opera prima, que fuera la sensación de la Quincena de realizadores, una sección paralela del festival, en mayo de 2009.  "Es un honor poder regresar a Cannes", escribió Xavier Dolan en su cuenta de Instagram, donde agregó: "Estoy particularmente feliz de llevar 'Matthias y Maxime', un filme sobre la amistad, hecho entre amigos, y de poder compartir con mis amigos éste universo, éste ambiente donde he vivido tantas emociones desde 'Yo maté a mi madre' hace 10 años. La experiencia se anuncia como una conmemoración tan distinta como nueva".  Octavo largometraje de Xavier Dolan,  "Matthias y Maxime" narra la historia de dos jóvenes amigos que comienzan a experimentar sentimientos amorosos el uno por el otro. Además de dirigir, el cineasta interpreta uno de los roles estelares de la película, al lado de los actores Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas y de Pier-Luc Funk. Creación apasionada Hace algunos meses, el realizador de Quebec anunció haber terminado el rodaje de su nueva película mediante un post ilustrado con una bella imagen en la que se le aprecia contemplar la nieve que cae en la oscuridad. "Finalizamos Matthias y Maxime anoche después de 48 días de pura alegría y creación apasionada. Estoy agradecido por haber encontrado una familia de artistas y amigos con quienes tengo la oportunidad de hacer películas y encontrar una salida. No puedo esperar a que la vean", escribió el cineasta canadiense. "Matthias y Maxime" cuenta la historia de una pandilla de muchachos que viven al margen de la sociedad. Dos de ellos, Matthias y Maxime, luego comienzan a enamorarse. Un proyecto que el propio Dolan había llamado "mezcla" entre "Tom en la granja", por su "estética" y "Mommy", por su "espíritu y energía". Para el elenco, el director llamó a muchos de sus amigos, entre ellos, su actriz fetiche, Anne Dorval. En francés, al igual que sus anteriores películas, la filmación también marcó el regreso de Xavier Dolan a su Quebec natal después de su estancia en Estados Unidos para realizar "La muerte y vida de John F. Donovan". Manufactura intimista Filmado por completo en locaciones de Quebec, "Matthias y Maxime" es una película de manufactura intimista que muestra la amistad de un grupo de jóvenes adultos, haciendo énfasis en la relación de dos de ellos, en apariencia, heterosexuales. Sin embargo, después de que se les pide que se besen durante la filmación de un cortometraje, comienzan a dudar sobre sus preferencias sexuales. Esta agitación también afecta su estrecho círculo de amigos y, eventualmente, los lleva a un profundo sentimiento de amor mutuo, así como de asombro. Omar Gomez. No.1131. 170519

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Plan B | Little life, little misery, great series

If Pier-Luc Funk doesn’t land in the non-gendered performance categories of the next Gemini awards gala, Houston, we have a problem (or a salmon tartare served at Centropolis in Laval, depending). Posted at 7:15 a.m. The 28-year-old actor delivers a stunning performance in the fourth season of the excellent miniseries Plan B, which arrives Thursday on the Extra of Tou.TV. There he camps the…