2023-07-11 11:26:00
The young filmmaker surprised his fans by announcing his farewell to cinema. Denying rumors of depression, he said he was fine and insisted on dotting the i’s.
By Marc Fourny Xavier Dolan is disappointed by the figures of his latest achievements. © LOIC VENANCE / AFP Published on 07/11/2023 at 11:26
The announcement surprised more than one: the young cinema prodigy Xavier Dolan, 34, has decided to turn off his camera and no longer shoot for the big screen… A twist in the industry after an exceptional career: jury prize at Cannes for MommyFestival Grand Prize for Just the end of the world – with three Caesars as a bonus – the Quebecer Dolan established himself in the profession at the age of 20 with I killed my motherbefore shooting eight films in ten years.
A flamboyant trajectory to which he put a stop in the Spanish press (The world et The country), saying “no longer have the strength to invest two years in a project so that then no one sees it”. And to evoke in particular the failure of his last realization, the series The night Laurier Gaudreault woke up, broadcast in only four countries and which put him in financial difficulty – he had to borrow money from his father. A disappointment all the greater as she followed the disappointing box office figures of her last two films, My lifewith John F. Donovan et Matthias and Maxime. “I put too much passion into it to suffer these disappointments. I end up wondering if my cinema isn’t bad when I know it isn’t. »
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“I feel at peace”
Fatigue, depression, burnout? Xavier Dolan insisted on explaining himself on Instagram, stating that he “was fine”, in order to reassure his fans. He also wanted to correct a sentence published by the The world where he judges that “art is useless and to devote oneself to the cinema, a waste of time”. “The first part of this sentence is a broad generalization, and the second a pure invention, he specified, as reported the Quebec newspaper The Press. I will always be there to encourage artists and filmmakers”. And to confirm however his voluntary withdrawal: “I said that I wanted to stop making films, and I feel at peace with this decision. A lot of people told me it was just a break. But my current state of mind and the state of the world do not push me to continue what I believed to be an unwavering vocation. »
What is he going to do ? In The country, the Quebecer was somewhat cynical and disillusioned. “The simplest solution is to make advertisements and build myself a house in the countryside…” A few days later, he added: “I want to devote myself to my health, my friends, and my family. I also have other passions, other things to which I wish to dedicate myself. “And if he no longer turns for the cinema, he does not refrain from producing productions for the small screen. “I am always involved in television projects, he continues on Instagram. And I intend to keep my word if we give them a chance…” A semi-retirement, then.
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