A young man visits the family of his dead lover. By and starring Xavier Dolan.

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In the wake of the brutal death of the man he loved, Tom goes to visit his in-laws in the Canadian countryside for the funeral. Once there, on their deserted farm, he discovers that his lover hid his homosexuality from his family. Although he decides to play along and pretend he’s just a close friend, his lover’s brother Francis discovers the truth and begins to assault Tom violently...

At 25, with four films under his belt and the recipient of international accolades, Xavier Dolan unleashes his passions, both good and bad. In the wake of his sentimental cycle, in Tom à la ferme he continues to explore the cinematographic terrain he first approached in the ambitious Laurence Anyways: pure cinema, more noble and less paralyzed by directorial tics. But within a genre much more demanding than a dramatic comedy, he confirms his weakness as a narrator more than his qualities as a director. And this despite his desire to question the form, especially in the key moment of this Pasolini-like thriller.