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Matthias & Maxime

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7.1/10 • 475

2019-10-091h 59m

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Best friends forever.

Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.

Directors
Xavier Dolan
Writters
Xavier Dolan
Editors
Xavier Dolan, Xavier Dolan

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  1. Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas

    Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas

    Matthias

  2. Xavier Dolan

    Xavier Dolan

    Maxime

  3. Pier-Luc Funk

    Pier-Luc Funk

    Rivette

  4. Samuel Gauthier

    Samuel Gauthier

    Frank

  5. Antoine Pilon

    Antoine Pilon

    Brass

  6. Adib Alkhalidey

    Adib Alkhalidey

    Shariff

  7. Micheline Bernard

    Micheline Bernard

    Francine

  8. Anne Dorval

    Anne Dorval

    Manon

  9. Marilyn Castonguay

    Marilyn Castonguay

    Sarah

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Aug 12, 2019

8/10

It’s hard not to be swept up by ‘Matthias and Maxime’. This is a film made with such love and care, sincerity and grace, showcasing everything that makes Xavier Dolan such an arresting filmmaker and distilled into their purest form. What made my heart soar was in how it laid bare how complex human relationships are, how pointless such binaries as gender and sexuality are, how love between two people is greater than simply defined as friendship or romance. ‘Matthias and Maxime’ refuses to play into such simplistic categories, instead celebrating the wonder of love and human connection without the need for them. Maybe some viewers will try and pigeonhole the protagonists as “gay“ rather than just two people in love to make themselves feel more comfortable, much like the bi-erasure in many responses to ‘Call Me By Your Name’, so pointlessly obsessed are we with useless outdated labels, but that would be such a loss to their experience of the richness of this film. ‘Matthias and Maxime’ is a quiet triumph, a tender love story beautifully told, a reminder of how deep the rivers of love can go, how violent travelling them can be and how so very worth the journey is.
  • Daniel Lammin
Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-matthias-and-maxime-a-magical-film-on-the-complexity-of-friendship-and-love

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
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Keywords
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