Adventures of Felix
by Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel
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Actor: Ariane Ascaride, Charly Sergue, Patachou, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Sami BouajilaDirector: Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-02-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Fox Lorber
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Summary: 4 Stars
Sami Bouajila who won the Best Actor award at Cannes in 2006 for "Days of Glory" plays Felix. Felix is French with Arab genes. He goes on a road trip that lets us share his episodic journey to Marseilles. Felix's significant other is Daniel played by Pierre-Loup Rajot, who looks like a French version of Mr. Clean with his baldhead and facial hair. Felix decides he needs to meet his biological father and promises to meet Daniel when he gets to his journey. Along his way, he has a number of different encounters with characters from a young boy. (If my memory is correct, this was the character of Jules played by Charly Sergue.) The boy is an artist who invites Felix to crash at his place. A series of encounters occur including getting an underage Jules into a club & stealing a car. All of this is approached as a lark that is carefree. Jules decides he wants more action than Felix is willing to give; so Felix continues on his journey. One of the most interesting encounters comes with an elderly woman Mathilde played by Patachou. Patachou whose first film was in 1955, does a great job as the somewhat lonely but tolerant woman who enjoys Felix's company for as long as it lasts. Felix meets a young mother Isabelle played by Ariane Ascaride who won the French Academy of Cinema Best Actress award in 1997 for "Marius et Jeannette." As Felix arrives in Marseilles, he has a philosophical conversation with a fisherman played by Maurice Benichou. Benichou does an excellent job, bringing an entire life before your eyes with a few brief scenes. Probably the most sensational aspect of the film is Felix's encounter with the railroad man, described as "cousin," played by Philippe Garziano. Although there are several covers for the DVD, the one currently listed shows the guys taking off their shirts while flying a kite in the French countryside. There is a flash of frontal nudity that results in a case of poison ivy "where the sun don't shine." The French approach to this part of their lives is very matter-of-fact and shown without anxiety or sentimentality. Directors Oliver Ducastel & Jacques Martineau have worked together on two subsequent films, "My Life on Ice" & "Cockles & Muscles." The movie meanders through the French countryside, which is gorgeous. I don't know if there is any great moral attached to this picture other than just to realize that life is passing; so enjoy each day. It's a pleasant picture with some brilliant moments from Patachou & Benichou. Enjoy!
Summary of Adventures of Felix
An HIV-positive French North African takes an unconvential journey on a quest for his father who he's never met. On his way, he discovers that family need not always be connected by blood.Unlike many gay-themed films, Adventures of Felix isn't about how the title character comes out of the closet, falls in love, or contracts HIV. We meet Felix (Sami Bouajila), who is of Arab descent, after these things have already come to pass. He and his partner live happily together in Dieppe, and his condition is under control. When he loses his job, he decides to travel to Marseilles to meet the father who left before he was born. Thus begins a road trip that is divided into five parts ("My Grandmother," "My Sister," etc.) as Felix meets strangers who help him out in various ways and come to fulfill these roles. By the time he reaches his destination, he realizes that family is what you make it. It may sound simplistic, but Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau spin the tale in an engaging manner, and Bouajila is a real find. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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