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Matthias & Maxime

"Best friends forever."

2019-10-09 Drama 1hr 59m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    2019-10-09
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 59m
  • Genre
    Drama, Romance
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Français
  • imdb-logo
    6.8
  • Production
    Sons of Manual

Crew

Xavier Dolan
Director
Xavier Dolan
Writer
Nancy Grant
Producer
Keywords:
friendship quebec lgbt gay romance gay theme

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Cast

Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas

Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas
Matthias
Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan
Maxime
Pier-Luc Funk

Pier-Luc Funk
Rivette
Samuel Gauthier

Samuel Gauthier
Frank
Antoine Pilon

Antoine Pilon
Brass
Adib Alkhalidey

Adib Alkhalidey
Shariff
Micheline Bernard

Micheline Bernard
Francine
Anne Dorval

Anne Dorval
Manon
Marilyn Castonguay

Marilyn Castonguay
Sarah
Catherine Brunet

Catherine Brunet
Lisa
Harris Dickinson

Harris Dickinson
McAfee
Camille Felton

Camille Felton
Erika Rivette
Anne-Marie Cadieux

Anne-Marie Cadieux
Martine
Monique Spaziani

Monique Spaziani
Colette
Jacques Lavallée

Jacques Lavallée
Courtemanche
Louis-Julien Durso

Louis-Julien Durso
Matisse
Johanne Garneau

Johanne Garneau
Neighbor on Balcony
Alexandre Bourgeois

Alexandre Bourgeois
Julien
Jean Harvey

Jean Harvey
Grandmaster
Connor McMahon

Connor McMahon
Lawyer in the Elevator
Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly
Bar Customer (uncredited)
Louise Bombardier

Louise Bombardier
Tante Ginette
Claude Gasse

Claude Gasse
Woman sitting at the Bar
Agnès Bouchard

Agnès Bouchard
Dancer
Guenièvre Sandré

Guenièvre Sandré
Barmaid
Julie Beauchemin

Julie Beauchemin
Ginette's Superior
William Pelletier

William Pelletier
Student on the Bus
Audrey McDonald

Audrey McDonald
Max's Friend
Dakota Jamal Wellman

Dakota Jamal Wellman
Lawyer in the Elevator
Beverly Lowe

Beverly Lowe
Grandmaster's Colleague
Nathalie Doummar

Nathalie Doummar
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Alice Pascual

Alice Pascual
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Félix Paquette

Félix Paquette
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Maude Demers-Rivard

Maude Demers-Rivard
Shariff's Friend
Victor Billo

Victor Billo
Shariff's Friend

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Movie Reviews

Reviews for Matthias & Maxime
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A Review by maketheSWITCH 8

Written by maketheSWITCH on 2019-08-12

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 everythi... read more

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 <a href=“/article/review-call-me-by-your-name-beautiful-beyond-description“>‘Call Me By Your Name’</a>, 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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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-03-27

I was rather disappointed by this effort from Xavier Dolan. Perhaps writing/editting and starring in the film robbed him too much of objecti... read more

I was rather disappointed by this effort from Xavier Dolan. Perhaps writing/editting and starring in the film robbed him too much of objectivity when it came to actually watching this bit of a non-story. He portrays "Max", a young French-Canadian man who is about to emigrate to Australia. At a party with his childhood friends, he and handsome best pal Matt (Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas) get lumbered with starring in a video being made by one of their number's pesky younger sister. The scene involved the two of them kissing - something neither had done (as an adult) with a man before. What ensues is a slow, deliberately so, depiction of the complications that this kiss has on their relationship. "Matt" has a long term girlfriend, so his reconciliation with his "new" feelings for his friend take on a different guise from those of the single "Max" who has issues with his recovering addict mother. Sadly, though, too much of those repercussions are presumed on us by the director and not demonstrated to the audience. It doesn't need to be a cheesy traditional romance, nor a sex fest, but we are left to imagine or envisage that they want each other only because we know that's what the film is about - not because we are presented with much tangible, or even implied, sense of desire. Indeed the others in their group more readily flirt and banter than the two in the title. It doesn't have a beginning, middle and end - it just has a middle. A rather interestingly filmed and quite well put together middle, but a middle nonetheless. Certainly worth watching - I think Dolan has something about him - but I wanted more from the characters and the story - as it is I just felt like a rather unsatisfied observer.

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A Review by SWITCH.

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 ma...

reviewer avatar

A Review by maketheSWITCH 8

Written by maketheSWITCH on 2019-08-12

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 d...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-03-27

I was rather disappointed by this effort from Xavier Dolan. Perhaps writing/editting and starring in the film robbed him too much of objectivity when it came to actually watching this bit of a non-sto...

read more