![]() ![]() Tom finds himself imprisoned at the farm even when his close acquaintance Sarah (Evelyne Brochu) comes to visit, he cannot contrive an effective escape. The mother seems to be unaware of what's happening around her, but perhaps she is just deliberately blinding herself to the truth as a means of self-protection. Francis is both horrified yet strangely affected as the action unfolds, he develops an unnatural affection for Tom that is both sadistic and sexual. The film concentrates on the gradual discovery by the family of their dead son's secret, and how it affects them. He goes to his lover's family's isolated farm for the funeral, and there encounters the mother (Lise Roy) and her other son (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), neither of whom were aware of the dead lover's sexuality. Set in a lonely farm in Quebec, TOM A LA FERME concerns the inner life of the eponymous central character (Xavier Dolan) mourning the death of his lover. Reviewed by l_rawjalaurence 7 / 10 Psychological Analysis of Hidden Sexualities It isn't listed on IMDb' soundtrack section, but apparently it's by Canadian actress/singer Kathleen Fortin). ![]() (By the way: there's a very good a cappella interpretation of Michel Legrand's 'Les Moulins de mon Coeur' during the first scene. But overall, this is impressive film making. For example, Guilaume's mother bursts out in hysterical laughter after Tom quotes some perverse language from the imaginary girlfriend. ![]() It is rather slow, and some scenes are a bit strange. ![]() And there are small scenes that add to the unsettling atmosphere, like a dead cow being dragged away, a taxi driver who refuses to enter the driveway of the farmhouse, or the blood on the hands after the birth of a calf. Also, like Hitchcock, Dolan uses location as an essential element in the story. There is the very prominent soundtrack, complete with shrieking violins. More than once, this movie made me think about Hitchcock's best films. While secrets from the past are slowly uncovered, the situation becomes more and more unbearable for Tom. The brother doesn't hesitate to use violence in order to keep up the charade, and even immobilizes Tom's car so he can't leave. But Guillaume's mother doesn't know her son was gay, so the brother makes Tom act as if he was straight, and forces him to talk about an imaginary girlfriend. Tom is the lover of the recently deceased Guillaume, and visits Guillaume's mother and brother to attend the funeral. Despite the lack of action and the slow pacing, the story is so intense it gripped me from start to finish. Three people in an isolated farmhouse, a secret shared by two of them and the psychotic behaviour of one of them - that's it. In 'Tom a la Ferme', Canadian director Xavier Dolan creates a maximum of suspense with a minimum of resources. Reviewed by rubenm 7 / 10 Hitchcock would be proud ![]()
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