Heartbeats

Actor-writer-director Xavier Dolan has created an affecting film dealing with a misshapen love triangle. Dolan plays Nicolas, a young gay man who shares the passion of his best girlfriend, Marie, for the cherubic hunk that is Francis. This beautifully constructed film is a sharp dissection of the joys and heartbreaks of love. It's also a vivid portrait of different sorts of friendship and the subtleties of rivalry between close friends.