It's Only the End of the World

It's Only the End of the World
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French	Juste la fin du monde
Directed by	Xavier Dolan
Written by	Xavier Dolan
Based on	Juste la fin du monde by Jean-Luc Lagarce
Produced by	Sylvain Corbeil Xavier Dolan Nancy Grant Nathanaël Karmitz Elisha Karmitz Michel Merkt
Starring	Nathalie Baye Vincent Cassel Marion Cotillard Léa Seydoux Gaspard Ulliel
Cinematography	André Turpin
Edited by	Xavier Dolan
Music by	Gabriel Yared
Production companies	Sons of Manual MK2 Productions
Distributed by	Entertainment One Les Films Séville Diaphana Films
Release dates	19 May 2016 (2016-05-19) (Cannes) 21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) (Quebec & France)
Running time	99 minutes[1]
Countries	Canada France
Language	French
Budget	€6.9 million[2] (US$7.4 million)
Box office	$9.2 million[3]

It's Only the End of the World (French: Juste la fin du monde) is a 2016 drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film is based on the 1990 play of the same name by Jean-Luc Lagarce and stars Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, and Vincent Cassel. It is about a young playwright who reunites with his family after a 12-year absence to inform them he is going to die.

A co-production of Canada and France, it was shot in Montreal and Laval, Quebec, beginning in 2015. The small core of actors were selected against typecasting, with Ulliel and Cotillard challenged by the awkwardness in dialogue inherent in Lagarce's work.

The film made its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received mixed reactions from critics. The film won the Cannes Grand Prix - making Dolan the second Canadian director to receive this award, and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Cannes. It also won six Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and three César Awards: Best Director, Best Actor and Best Editing. It's Only the End of the World was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.