Matthias & Maxime
- 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.
Release Date : 2019-10-09
Language :EnglishFrench
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Sons of Manual
Production Country : Canada
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Matthias
Original Name : Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas
Gender : Male
Character Name : Maxime
Original Name : Xavier Dolan
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rivette
Original Name : Pier-Luc Funk
Gender : Male
Character Name : Frank
Original Name : Samuel Gauthier
Gender : Male
Character Name : Brass
Original Name : Antoine Pilon
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shariff
Original Name : Adib Alkhalidey
Gender : Male
Character Name : Francine
Original Name : Micheline Bernard
Gender : Female
Character Name : Manon
Original Name : Anne Dorval
Gender : Female
Character Name : Sarah
Original Name : Marilyn Castonguay
Gender : Female
Character Name : Lisa
Original Name : Catherine Brunet
Gender : Female
Character Name : McAfee
Original Name : Harris Dickinson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Erika Rivette
Original Name : Camille Felton
Gender : Female
Character Name : Martine
Original Name : Anne-Marie Cadieux
Gender : Female
Character Name : Colette
Original Name : Monique Spaziani
Gender : Female
Character Name : Courtemanche
Original Name : Jacques Lavallée
Gender : Male
Character Name : Matisse
Original Name : Louis-Julien Durso
Gender : Male
Character Name : Neighbor on Balcony
Original Name : Johanne Garneau
Gender : Female
Character Name : Julien
Original Name : Alexandre Bourgeois
Gender : Male
Character Name : Grandmaster
Original Name : Jean Harvey
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lawyer in the Elevator
Original Name : Connor McMahon
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bar Customer (uncredited)
Original Name : Michael Kelly
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tante Ginette
Original Name : Louise Bombardier
Gender : Female
Character Name : Woman sitting at the Bar
Original Name : Claude Gasse
Gender : Female
Character Name : Dancer
Original Name : Agnès Bouchard
Gender : Female
Character Name : Barmaid
Original Name : Guenièvre Sandré
Gender : Female
Character Name : Ginette's Superior
Original Name : Julie Beauchemin
Gender : Female
Character Name : Student on the Bus
Original Name : William Pelletier
Gender : Male
Character Name : Max's Friend
Original Name : Audrey McDonald
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lawyer in the Elevator
Original Name : Dakota Jamal Wellman
Gender : Male
Character Name : Grandmaster's Colleague
Original Name : Beverly Lowe
Gender : Female
Character Name : Young Pregnant Woman
Original Name : Nathalie Doummar
Gender : Female
Character Name : Sarah's Friend
Original Name : Alice Pascual
Gender : Female
Character Name : Shariff's Friend
Original Name : Félix Paquette
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shariff's Friend
Original Name : Maude Demers-Rivard
Gender : Female
Character Name : Shariff's Friend
Original Name : Victor Billo
Gender : Male
Reviews
SWITCH.
@maketheSWITCH
2021-06-23
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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