Laurence (Melvil Poupaud), a French teacher and soon-to-be-published author, enjoys an intense and mutually loving relationship with his fiancée, Frédérique (Suzanne Clément). But on the day after his thirty-fifth birthday, he confesses to Fred that he longs to become a woman, asking her to support his transformation. The film follows the course of the couple’s on-again, off-again relationship throughout the 1990s. Directed by Xavier Dolan and executive produced by Gus Van Sant. Breaking Glass Pictures (breakingglasspictures.com). —Suzie Lynde
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