His third film , '' Laurence Anyways '' , was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . Suzanne Clément 's performance in the film won the section 's award for Best Actress . The film received praise or qualified praise from critics . A critic for MTV 's '' The Out Take '' , which focuses on LGBT films , called the film " the best film of the year . " Despite the praise , the film was not released commercially for a year . Upon release , the film struggled at the box office , and only grossed roughly $ 500,000 in Canada
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Xavier Dolan