Adventures Of Felix

Comedy, Foreign

Ariane Ascaride
Sami Bouajila
Arno Feffer
Philippe Garziano
Aliette Langolff-Colas
Didier Mahieu
Patachou
Pierre-Loup Rajot
Charly Sergue
Maurice Bénichou
Maurice Benichou
Olivier Ducastel
Jacques Martineau
B

Director

Olivier Ducastel; Jacques Martineau; Matthieu Poirot Delpech

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