Though the father is central, the mother’s role in the son’s addiction battle highlights the helplessness of maternal love.
Xavier Dolan's filmography has been defined by his raw, stylized portraits of mother-son conflict, most notably in I Killed My Mother (2009) and Mommy (2014). These films capture the "anxieties of a mother-son relationship" with unflinching honesty, showing the volatile love between a single mother and her rebellious son. Psychoanalytic studies of his work note how "Dolan’s films revolve around strong attachment and identification with the mother" and explore how this bond shapes the son's identity, including his sexuality, moving beyond simple pathology to a "structural understanding" of desire. mom son xxx exclusive
– Lynn A. Higgins (in New German Critique , often cited in Alien studies) Though the father is central, the mother’s role