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Filmmaker Xavier Dolan is over people labeling his work “gay” just because he identifies as gay and his films often portray LGBTQ characters. During a press conference for his new film Mathias & Maxime, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week, the 30-year-old said he objects to people labeling the project a “gay film.” “This film is not ‘gay,’” he said. “It’s life.” Dolan continued: “We never talk about heterosexual films. ‘Oh, I saw this great heterosexual love story!’ For me, it’s...