gress ive ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁characters . ▁He ▁later ▁re - read ▁it , ▁saying ▁" One ▁day , ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁what ▁it ▁was , ▁I ▁pulled ▁it ▁off ▁my ▁sh elf ▁and ▁suddenly ▁understood ▁and ▁appreciated ▁this ▁weird ▁and ▁verbose ▁writing ▁style ". ▁ ▁Dol an ▁described ▁the ▁extensive ▁work ▁required ▁to ▁adapt ▁the ▁stage ▁play ▁for ▁film : ▁ ▁Dol an ▁denied ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁semi - aut obi ographical , ▁as ser ting ▁" I ’ m ▁not ▁dying . ▁I ’ m ▁not ▁misunder stood ▁by ▁my ▁family ". ▁Star ▁N ath al ie ▁Bay e ▁said ▁Dol an ▁wrote ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁French ▁dialog ue ▁but ▁the ▁English ▁subt it les . ▁ ▁Pl ans ▁for ▁Dol an ▁to ▁direct ▁a ▁film ▁titled ▁Just e ▁la ▁fin ▁du ▁monde , ▁with ▁Ul li el , ▁Bay e , ▁Cot ill ard , ▁Lé a ▁Se yd oux ▁and ▁Vincent ▁Cass el ▁st arring , ▁were ▁announced ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁Through ▁support ▁from ▁Tele film ▁Canada , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁S ons ▁of ▁Man ual ' s ▁Nancy ▁Grant ▁and ▁Dol an ▁and ▁M K 2 ▁Produ ctions ' s ▁N ath ana ël ▁Kar mit z ▁along ▁with ▁Syl v ain ▁Cor be il . ▁Se ville ▁International ▁handled ▁the ▁international ▁sales ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Cast ing ▁ ▁In ▁casting ▁the ▁film , ▁Dol an ▁claimed ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁cont em plate ▁personally ▁playing ▁Louis ,