Two years ago, Quebec’s filmmaker announced with an accident that distanced himself from the cinema. In May 2024, he agreed to set foot in the world by presiding over the jury “a certain aspect” in Cannes. Today, the 36 -year -old filmmaker is developing the television series Rage In the rise of the Skinhead movement in Paris in the 1980s, Variety reports this Thursday.
The production team will present the series, written by Anaïs Topla, Mathieu Gouny and Marc Herpoux, to potential partners in the next international audiovisual market (MIA) in Rome (October 6-10, 2025), dedicated to television series, animation, films and international documentaries.
Fiction will evoke racist violence perpetrated by Skinheads in the 1980s, which gave birth to militant groups known as “fur hunters.” The latter fought against the Skinheads and their racist crimes, sometimes using their violent methods.
Cinematographic retirement
In 2023, Xavier Dolan had surprised his fans by announcing on Instagram that he took his film retirement. Then he has not signed a movie from the drama Matthias and Maxime In 2019, but produced the Canadian dramatic series The night Laurier Gaudreault woke uptransmitted in 2022.
Previously, in ten years of career, Xavier Dolan has produced eight feature films, particularly winning the jury award in Cannes for Mom In 2014 and the Cannes Grand Prix in 2016 Only the end of the world.
Also produced several musical clips, especially for the single Hello of Adele in 2015 or Break down by Elton John and Brandi Carlile in 2025. In August 2024, Xavier Dolan announced in the podcast No filter Work in a new horror film project, without providing more details.
Source: BFM TV
