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MONEY
Did you know
Shot for just $4.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Mommy
"Loving people doesn't save them."
2014 2h 18m FR
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8.2
BANGER
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89%
FRESH
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METACRITIC
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IMDB
★8.2TMDB · 2,911🍅89%Rotten Tomatoes●74Metacritic★8IMDB · 66,131
Drama
Synopsis
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A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
“Loving people doesn't save them.”
Cast
Anne Dorval
Diane 'Die' Després
Suzanne Clément
Kyla
Antoine Olivier Pilon
Steve O'Connor Després
Patrick Huard
Paul
Alexandre Goyette
Patrick
Michèle Lituac
Director of Correctional Center
Viviane Pacal
Marthe
Natalie Hamel-Roy
Natacha
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Xavier Dolan
- Writers
- Xavier Dolan
- Languages
- French, English
- Countries
- Canada
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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MONEY
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Earned back only 71% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 12 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Xavier Dolan, shot by André Turpin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Eduardo Noya Schreus. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Xavier Dolan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clément and Antoine Olivier Pilon carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Xavier Dolan directs. André Turpin behind the camera. Eduardo Noya Schreus scores. Xavier Dolan cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in French, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $4.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 71% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 12 years ago.
- 4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
- 5Directed by Xavier Dolan, shot by André Turpin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by Eduardo Noya Schreus. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Xavier Dolan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clément and Antoine Olivier Pilon carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "Loving people doesn't save them.".
- 10IMDB entry: tt3612616 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 11Classified under 16 themes, including "canada", "parent child relationship", "karaoke", "quebec".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- André Turpin
- Original score
- Eduardo Noya Schreus
- Editing
- Xavier Dolan
- Costume design
- Xavier Dolan
- Makeup / hair
- Colette Martel
- VFX supervisor
- Jean-François Ferland
- Sound
- Sylvain Brassard
- Stunt coordinator
- Stéphane Lefebvre
- Runtime
- 138 min · 2h 18m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,900,000
- Box office
- $3,494,070
- Return
- 71% of budget
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Mommy (2014)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 89% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 74/100
- IMDB rating
- 8/10 · 66,131 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
58 wins & 65 nominations total
- Prix Luc-Perreault
- César Award for Best Foreign Film
- Jury Prize
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Xavier Dolan
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Metafilms
CA
- SO
Sons of Manual
CA
Key crew
- Editorial ConsultantSophie Leblond
- ProducerNancy Grant
- Associate ProducerSylvain Corbeil
- EditorXavier Dolan
- Art DirectionColombe Raby
- ProducerXavier Dolan
- Associate ProducerLyse Lafontaine
- Costume DesignXavier Dolan
- Assistant EditorAmélie Labrèche
- Foley ArtistGuy Francoeur
- Second Assistant DirectorLili-Anne Crevier
- Dialogue EditorIsabelle Favreau
- Casting DirectorNathalie Boutrie
- Set DresserStéphane Daoust
- Foley MixerJo Caron
- First Assistant DirectorSinan Saber
- Set DesignerRaymond Larose
- Set DresserMichel R. Lambert
- GafferDenis Lamothe
- Extras CastingJulie Breton
- Visual Effects SupervisorJean-François Ferland
- "A" Camera OperatorFrancois Archambault
- Set DecorationJean-Charles Claveau
- Key Hair StylistColette Martel
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- canada
- parent child relationship
- karaoke
- quebec
- dysfunctional family
- coming of age
- single mother
- juvenile delinquent
- mental illness
- dream sequence
- institutionalization
- oedipus complex
- behavioral disorders
- mother son relationship
- psychological drama
- mother son incest
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2014-08-29· Telluride Film Festival
- Premiere2014-11-12· AFI Fest
- Theatrical (limited)2015-01-23R
Also known as
International titles
- 親愛媽咪TW
- 慈母多恶儿CN
- 마미KR
