Xavier Dolan up for Palme d'Or at Cannes

Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan is once again in the running for an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

His movie 'Juste la fin du monde' is in the competition for the festival's Palme d'Or award.

Juste la fin du monde, Dolan's sixth movie, is an adaptation of a French play written b yJean-Luc Lagarce, and stars Nathalie Bave, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard and Léa Seydoux.

Dolan says he was introduced to the play many years ago by Anne Dorval, whose acted in several of his films including include "Mommy" and "J'ai tué ma mere."

'Mommy' was in competition at the Cannes festival in 2014, and his directorial debut, J'ai tué ma mere won three awards at Cannes.

The Quebec writer/director is currently working on his first English-language project, "The Life and Death of John F. Donovan," starring Kit Harington and Jessica Chastain. 

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  Canadian film director Xavier Dolan poses as he arrives at Louis Vuitton's Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection during the Paris Fashion Week, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 in Paris, France. (AP / Zacharie Scheurer)