Matthias & Maxime

Matthias & Maxime is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Xavier Dolan. It stars Dolan, Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas, Pier-Luc Funk, Samuel Gauthier, Antoine Pilon, Adib Alkhalidey, Anne Dorval, Micheline Bernard, Marilyn Castonguay and Catherine Brunet.

It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2019.

Plot
The film centres on the titular Matthias (Freitas) and Maxime (Dolan), lifelong friends whose relationship is tested when they act in a short film whose script calls for them to kiss each other, leaving them both questioning their sexual identities when the experience awakens their long-dormant feelings for each other.

Cast

 * Xavier Dolan as Maxime
 * Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas as Matthias
 * Pier-Luc Funk as Rivette
 * Antoine Pilon as Brass
 * Samuel Gauthier as Frank
 * Adib Alkhalidey as Shariff
 * Catherine Brunet as Lisa
 * Marilyn Castonguay as Sarah
 * Micheline Bernard as Francine
 * Anne Dorval as Manon
 * Harris Dickinson as McAfee

Production
In January 2018, it was announced that Dolan would write, direct, produce, and star in the film, alongside Anne Dorval. In August 2018, it was announced Pier-Luc Funk and Micheline Bernard joined the cast of the film. In September 2018, Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas, Antoine Pilon, Samuel Gauthier, Adib Alkhalidey, Catherine Brunet and Marilyn Castonguay joined the cast of the film. In November 2018, Another Man magazine mentioned that Harris Dickinson had just finished filming with Dolan and would be co-starring in the film.

Principal photography began on August 15, 2018, in Quebec.

Release
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2019.

Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 5.31/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".