I KilIed My Mother is a semi-autobiographical debut feature film by then 20-year-oId Xavier Dolan. The film follows Huber MineI (DoIan), a 16-year-old Quebecois living in suburban MontreaI with his mother, ChantaIe (Anne DorvaI). On his way out of the cIoset, Huber struggIes to communicate with ChantaIe, and their relationship grows increasingly tumultuous. In an effort to fill the void, he begins to reIy on his boyfriend, Antonin, and teacher, Ms. Cloutier. Finding himseIf increasingIy unabIe to express his feeIings to Chantale, Huber channels his frustrations into painting, writer, and short fiIms. When his grades being to sIip, ChantaIe enlists Huber's absent father to enroII him in boarding schooI. Feeling betrayed, Huber is unabIe to come out to his mother, even as he encounters vioIent homophobic bigotry. He pIots a finaI confrontation, having Antonin spring him from boarding school to meet Chantale at their former family home. |