Mirrors (2006 film)

Mirrors (French: Miroirs d'été) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Étienne Desrosiers and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Xavier Dolan as Julien, a shy and withdrawn teenager who is spending the summer with his family at a lake cottage, and experiences a sexual awakening when he develops a romantic interest in older neighbour Hervé (Stéphane Demers).[2]

Mirrors
FrenchMiroirs d'été
Directed byÉtienne Desrosiers
Produced byÉtienne Desrosiers
Written byÉtienne Desrosiers
Pascal Soudeyns
My Lan Tho
Joana Kotkowska
StarringXavier Dolan
Stéphane Demers
Music byPierre Desrochers
CinematographyStefan Ivanov
Edited byChristophe Flambard
Production
company
Productions 7e Vague
Release date
2006
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes André Nadeau and Julie Beauchemin as Julien's parents, Maxime Allaire as his younger brother Antoine, and Patrick Martin as a teenage boy, never named, who is a rival for Hervé's affections.

The film was subsequently labelled as Dolan's breakthrough acting role as an adult, after having previously performed exclusively in children's roles.[3]

The film was subsequently included in Bad Romance, the seventh edition of the Boys on Film series of gay-themed short film DVDs,[4] and as a bonus feature on the DVD release of Dolan's directoral debut film I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère).

References
  1. ""Miroirs d'été", un court-métrage avec Xavier Dolan !". AlloCiné, March 20, 2013.
  2. "Miroirs d'été". Cinémathèque québécoise.
  3. "La biographie de Xavier Dolan par VanityFair.fr". Vanity Fair France, January 1, 2020.
  4. Darryl Griffiths, "Boys On Film: Bad Romance". Movie Marker, February 19, 2015.
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