100 Minutes – Drama
Release date (Quebec): June 5, 2009
Release date (Canada): February 5, 2010
Canadian distributor: K-Films Amérique
Hubert Minel dislikes his mother. For almost all of his sixteen years he has been highly irritated by his mother’s bad-taste, outraged by her lack of culture – she’s a suburban soap lover, he is an artist – repulsed by her tacky personality, he tries to remember the glorious days of his childhood when they were nearly best friends. He attempts to make amends and reconnect with her several times, but in vain. They are obviously incompatible. Hubert`s secret encounters with his teacher, Julie, a repressed woman in search of liberty, his philosophic chats with his boyfriend, Antonin, and his poetic writing are all an inherent part of Hubert’s world. Exploring typical zones of the coming-of-age era – friendship, sexuality, school, self-discoveries – Hubert finds himself lost on the road of reconciliation, as peace with his mother seems impossible, and the dichotomous mystery of their hatred won’t unravel.
Carole Mondello
Nicholas Canniccioni
Stéphanie Weber-Biron
Helene Girard
Nicholas Savard-L’Herbier
Anne Dorval
Xavier Dolan
François Arnaud
Suzanne Clément
Patricia Tulasne
Niels Schneider
Monique Spaziani
Bianca Gervais
Benoît Gouin
Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque
Pierre Chagnon
Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
Francis Ducharme
Chantale, Hubert’s mother
Hubert Minel
Antonin
Julie
Hélène, mother of Antonin
Éric
Denise
Student Fighter #1
Richard Minel
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