Xavier Dolan’s IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD Cast Announced

French-Canadian director Xavier Dolan is side-stepping his English-language debut, The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan, to first direct It’s Only the End of the World, an adaptation of the play by Jean-Luc Lagarce. The film announced its cast today, featuring Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye and Gaspard Ulliel .

John F. is still scheduled to shoot next fall, but the director wanted to sneak this one in first, stating that “I thought It’s Only The End Of The World could very well bridge the genre chasm between Mommy and John F.”

It’s Only the End of the World revolves around “a writer who goes back to his hometown, planning on announcing his upcoming death to his family. As resentment soon rewrites the course of the afternoon, fits and feuds unfold, fueled by loneliness and doubt, while all attempts of empathy are sabotaged by people’s incapacity to listen, and love.”