Film Screening:

Mommy
(Xavier Dolan, 2014, 139 min, Canada, in French and English w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray)

-- Introduced by Prof. Deborah Reisinger (Romance Studies)

Winner of the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, and 9 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture!

A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her unpredictable 15-year-old ADHD son. As they struggle to make ends meet, Kyla, the peculiar new neighbor across the street, offers her help. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained.

"Dolan is able to weave dialogue, camerawork, a fluid yet urgent editing style, and a magpie's ear for pop music into a cinematic world that you can almost hold in your hand before it starts spilling over." -- Boston Globe

Cost: Free and open to the public

Sponsors: The Center for French and Francophone Studies, the Council for North American Studies, the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Department of Romance Studies.