Synopsis
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
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Cast
- Xavier DolanTom
- Pierre-Yves CardinalFrancis
- Lise RoyAgathe
- Evelyne BrochuSarah
- Manuel TadrosBar Owner
- Jacques LavalléePriest
- Anne CaronDoctor
- Mélodie SimardPetite Fille (uncredited)
- Olivier MorinPaul
- Johanne LéveilléService Station Employee
Recommendations
- 88
Slant Magazine
Its allegory for internalized homophobia, a gay man's perilous attraction to straightness itself, seems in this case deeply persona. - 80
Time Out London
It’s taut, creepy, compelling and sexy. And, apart from the location, it’s very much a Dolan film, focused on people testing the limits of their love for each other – and themselves. - 80
Variety
It’s an improbably exciting match of knife-edge storytelling and a florid vintage aesthetic best represented by Gabriel Yared’s glorious orchestral score. - 80
The Telegraph
[Dolan's] raised his craft, and made by far his best film yet. - 77
Film.com
If Tom at the Farm is occasionally impenetrable as a drama, it’s seldom less than gripping as an exercise in suspense, especially when Dolan’s precise sense of timing revitalizes otherwise familiar moments. - 75
The Playlist
It's certainly his best film. - 75
Observer
Don’t miss Tom at the Farm, the latest controversy in the oeuvre of acclaimed French-Canadian actor-writer-director Xavier Dolan, who has been labeled the “enfant terrible of queer cinema.” - 75
Movie Nation
There’s intrigue, danger, fear and hope all clinging to Tom as he visits the farm.
