Acclaimed streaming platform MUBI has acquired multi-territory rights to “Mommy” and “Tom at the Farm” director Xavier Dolan’s Cannes 2019 drama “Matthias & Maxime”.
As a result, the film will have its U.S., U.K., Australian, Ireland, New Zealand, Indian and Latin American (excl. Mexico) premieres on the service in those markets sometime this Summer.
The story follows two childhood best friends Matthias (Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas) and Maxime (Dolan) 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.
The film follows on from Dolan’s English-language debut with “The Death & Life of John F. Donovan” which was widely panned. In contrast, ‘Matthias’ went back to Dolan’s early roots with a film more akin to his debut effort “I Killed My Mother” and scored good reviews.
Pier-Luc Funk, Samuel Gauthier, Antoine Pilon, Adib Alkhalidey, Anne Dorval, Micheline Bernard, Marilyn Castonguay and Catherine Brunet co-star.
Source: Deadline
