Director:Xavier Dolan
Performer:Anna Dorval Antoine-Oliver Bonnian Suzanne Clermont Patrick Ward
Single parent Diane (Anne Dorval) is careless, smokes, drinks, and swears, and has a heart that refuses to admit defeat. She alone raised her son Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) who suffers from ADHD and often acts out, and the mother-son relationship wanders on the edge. Diane is worried that Steve will cause trouble, and Steve is eager to express his love for her. The new neighbor Keira (played by Suzanne Clément) appears at the right time. This female high school teacher with aphasia acts as a buffer valve for mother and child, allowing all three of them to begin to see balance and hope. However, the consequences of Steve's previous actions are unfolding, and Diane needs to pay a large sum of compensation. She decided she was happy and made a painful decision: to send her son back to the hospital for treatment... "Mi" is the fifth feature film directed by young Canadian director Xavier Dolan. It contrasts with "I Kill Me", Dolan's stunning debut in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight five years ago. It also tells the story of mania in a single-parent family. And there is a deep, dependent and estranged mother-child relationship. But unlike "Kill Me", which was highly autobiographical, "Mi" is more generous and warm, with fuller emotions. It can almost be seen as an expression of Dolan's guilt for being young and frivolous. The film was shortlisted for the main competition of the 67th Cannes Festival and shared the Jury Prize with "Goodbye Language".