Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan, only 34 years old, has achieved success with films such as Heartbeats, Laurence Anyways, Mommy, and Tom à la ferme, among others. He has also won important awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the César Awards. But none of the above has been enough to keep him from retiring, or at least that's what he told El País in a recent interview. His last film, Matthias and Maxime, unlike some of his other productions, did not get a majority critical approval, nor was it a box office success. His most recent project is the series The Night Logan Woke Up, and then he will work on an HBO series for which he had committed before the pandemic. After that, it's over. This is what he told El País (Brazil).
"I don't feel like committing two years to a project that barely anyone sees. I put too much passion into it to have these disappointments. It makes me wonder if my filmmaking is bad, and I know it's not." One of his complaints is the lack of support he receives, as The Night Logan Woke Up will only be seen in Canada, France, Japan and Spain, which is why he wonders "Why hasn't anyone else bought it? For being shot in French, for only having five episodes?" He then says that for making the series he didn't make any money, but invested his salary and borrowed from his father. His plan now is to go live in the countryside and devote himself to directing commercials: I've already made two [Adele videos], I think that's enough. Hayao Miyazaki says that filmmaking only gives you suffering. I confirm that.
