“I no longer have the desire and the strength”: Xavier Dolan stops the cinema

“I no longer have the will or strength“Words are powerful! Xavier Dolan, who wants to distance himself from cinema, bluntly declares in an interview. El Pais.

Before his series, which aired on Canal + in France earlier this year, arrives in Spain, the filmmaker spoke about his future in the columns of a Spanish newspaper. “I no longer have the desire and strength to devote two years to a barely seen project– he says in more detail.I put too much passion into my projects to be disappointed. In the end, I wonder if my cinema is bad, and I know it’s not.”

and add:I don’t see the point in telling stories when everything around us is falling apart. Art is useless and giving up on cinema is a waste of time.”

A few months ago, Javier Dolan already expressed his desire to take a long break. He said in November 2022:I no longer feel the need to tell stories in this world.”. Words echoed by another filmmaker who was highly praised, such as Xavier Dolan, from the Cannes Film Festival: Quentin Tarantino has indeed said that he wants to stop after making his last film.

These bitter words of Xavier Dolan come because, apart from Canada, France, Japan and Spain, no foreign channel has aired his TV series The Night Laurier Gaudreau Woke Up. “Why didn’t anyone else buy it? Is it because it’s filmed in French, because there are only 5 episodes?“, he thinks, still in the columns of El Pais.

“I didn’t win anything with the series. I invested my salary in production and my father had to borrow money“, he continues.

Night Wake Laurier Gaudreault is available on myCANAL.