Forty-six year old Diane Després - "Die" - has been widowed for three years. Considered white trash by many, Die does whatever she needs, including strutting her body in front of male employers who will look, to make an honest living. That bread-winning ability is affected when she makes the decision to remove her only offspring, fifteen year old Steve Després, from her previously imposed institutionalization, one step below juvenile detention. She institutionalized him shortly following her husband''s death due to Steve''s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and his violent outbursts. He was just kicked out of the latest in a long line of facilities for setting fire to the cafeteria, in turn injuring another boy. She made this decision to deinstitutionalize him as she didn''t like the alternative, sending him into more restrictive juvenile detention from which he would probably never be rehabilitated. However, with this deinstitutionalization, she has to take care of him ...

Mommy is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Xavier Dolan. It was selected to compete for the Palme d''Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[4] where it won the Jury Prize. It was selected as the Canadian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

The film won nine Canadian Screen Awards at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, including Best Motion Picture [8] and ten Jutra Awards at the 17th Jutra Awards, including Best Film.

Critical reception
On 21 May 2014, Mommy received a four-star rating from The Guardian reviewer Peter Bradshaw, who described the film as "a splashy, transgressive treat, from trailer-trash chat to unexpected sex and surprising emotional depth".[11] The film premiered on 22 May 2014, at the Cannes Film Festival, concluding with a 13-minute standing ovation. Following Dolan''s receipt of the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Guardian writer Xan Brooks introduced the film as "a boisterous Oedipal comedy".

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 90% "fresh" rating, based on 108 reviews, with an average score of 7.9/10; the site''s consensus states: "As challenging as it is rewarding, Mommy finds writer-director Xavier Dolan taking another impressive step forward." On Metacritic, the film holds an average score of 74, based on 34 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews" in accordance with the website''s standards.

Accolades
On 19 September 2014, it was announced that Mommy would be Canada''s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

The film was included in the list of "Canada''s Top Ten" feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.