It's Only the End of the World
2016
· Movie
· 99 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3511
- IMDb #2762
- Metacritic #3368
- Letterboxd #1981
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4111
- Metacritic Critics #3645
+4 more
- Metacritic Audience #2765
- Kinopoisk #2231
- AlloCiné #1746
- Trakt #2527
Every rating
44–72
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 44, highest is AlloCiné on 72. Critics average 46, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A successful writer returns to his childhood home after a long absence to inform his family that he is dying. The intended visit quickly descends into tension and conflict as old resentments, miscommunications, and raw emotions surface among his mother, siblings, and sister-in-law during the strained afternoon gathering.
Details
- Director
- Xavier Dolan
- Writer
- Xavier Dolan
- Studio
- Sons of Manual, MK Productions, France 2 Cinéma
- Released
- 21 September 2016
- Country
- Canada, France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $7.4M
- Box office
- $9.2M
- Awards
- 17 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (14) →
Awards & nominations
See all 39 →5 major awards won · 17 wins from 39 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| César Awards 2017 | Best Director | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Editing | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Gaspard Ulliel | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Grand Prix | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Ecumenical Jury Prize | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Foreign Film | Xavier Dolan | Nominee |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Nathalie Baye | Nominee |
| César Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | Vincent Cassel | Nominee |
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César Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Gaspard Ulliel | Winner |
| Best Director | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Editing | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Xavier Dolan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vincent Cassel | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nathalie Baye | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Ecumenical Jury Prize | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Grand Prix | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Xavier Dolan | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Awards
9 nominations, 6 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | André Turpin | Winner |
| Best Direction | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Make-Up | Maïna Militza and Denis Vidal | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil and Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vincent Cassel | Winner |
| Best Overall Sound | François Grenon | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Sylvain Brassard, Guy Francoeur, Benoît Dame and Guy Pelletier | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nathalie Baye | Nominee |
Prix Iris
12 nominations, 5 won
| Best Casting | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | André Turpin | Winner |
| Best Director | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Film | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil and Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil and Xavier Dolan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Gaspard Ulliel | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Nathalie Baye | Nominee |
| Best Hairdressing | Denis Vidal | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Maïna Militza | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marion Cotillard | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Léa Seydoux | Nominee |
| Public Prize | Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil and Xavier Dolan | Nominee |
Filmfest Hamburg
1 nomination, 1 won
| Art Cinema Award | Xavier Dolan | Winner |
Globes de Cristal Award
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Vincent Cassel | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Gaspard Ulliel | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Marion Cotillard | Nominee |
| Best Film | Xavier Dolan | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Gaspard Ulliel | Nominee |
| Best French-Language Film | Xavier Dolan | Nominee |
| Best Music | Gabriel Yared | Nominee |
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois
1 nomination
| Best Film | It's Only the End of the World | Nominee |