In May 2012 , Dolan announced that his fourth film would be an adaptation of Michel Marc Bouchard 's play '' Tom at the Farm '' ( '' Tom à la ferme '' ) . It received its world premiere in the main competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2013 and won the FIPRESCI award . Though '' Tom at the Farm '' played the festival circuits in 2013 , it was not released in the U.S. until 2015 . In an August 2015 interview , Dolan said : " No one knows me in the States , because the movies have been released in such an awkward , irregular fashion , all by different distributors ... I do n't want to sound pretentious , but it 's puzzling . " Dolan 's 2014 film , '' Mommy '' , shared the Jury Prize in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival with Jean-Luc Godard 's film '' Goodbye to Language '' ( '' Adieu au langage '' ) . The jury president for the 2014 festival was Jane Campion and , upon receiving the award , Dolan stated : '' The Piano '' Campion 's film was the first film that I watched that truly defined who I am ... . It made me want to write films for beautiful women with soul and will and strength . To even stand on the same stage as you Campion is extraordinary.The film was singled out by critics as Dolan 's " most mature " film to date and proved to be a breakthrough in his career as a director . It was his first film to achieve significant success at the box office , grossing over $ 3.5 million domestically in 2014 , becoming the highest-selling film in Quebec for 2014 . According to the '' Montreal Gazette '' , over one million people saw the film in France . '' Mommy '' won the Cesar Award for Best Foreign Film in 2015
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Xavier Dolan