This article is about the representation of maternal domination and the trial in the film J’ai tué ma mère of Xavier Dolan through narrative and cinematographic film aspects. The analysis is supported by Michel Foucault’s concept of power to see the shape of dominance of the mother figure that occurs in the film. The power is the cornerstone of the training of domination that leads to repression against others, including within the family. The results of the analysis through narrative and cinematographic aspects of the film shows that dominance is formed due to the failure of the communication that exists between the forces and causes the formation of resistance by the dominated figures, the boy. The power and the domination of a very large maternal figure in the figure of the boy life causes problems and conflicts between them, thus creating a distance in the relationship between the mother and the child. The resistance of the dominant figure is intended to challenge the power of domination. Dominance is also reinforced by the matriarchal cultural factors within the culture of the community in Quebec, which is the setting for the film.
The reality for years has shown that in the French pedagogy department, there are always “weak” students. Although they have finally graduated, they must repeat language skills subjects several times and spend their studies up to 14 semesters. So we have to find a way to help them improve their skills and shorten their periods of study. One of the ways to do this is to first learn about their linguistic intuitions and learning strategies. The purpose of this study is to describe the linguistic intuitions and learning strategies used by students in the French pedagogy department who are “weak”. This research is a descriptive study. Data on language intuition tests are obtained on verbal thinking skills and abstract thinking skills, and data on learning strategies are obtained from questionnaires. The results showed that 50% of respondents were included in the low-income category of the verbal reflection and abstract thinking tests, while the learning strategies used by respondents are memory, cognitive, compensation, metacognitive, emotional, and social. The most widely used strategy is cognitive and the least used is social.