Felix (2000)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Felix |
| Original title | Drôle de Félix |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau |
| script | Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau |
| production | Philippe Martin |
| music | Nicholas Pike |
| camera | Matthieu Poirot-Delpech |
| cut | Sabine Mamou |
| occupation | |
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Felix is a French road movie by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau from 2000.
action
Felix lives in Dieppe with his friend, the teacher Daniel . He is HIV positive , has just lost his job and is leaving his apartment. In doing so, he rediscovers letters from his father to his mother. The father lives in Marseille and separated from the family before Felix was born. Felix decides to hitchhike across the country to Marseille and meet his father. He also gives Daniel a train ticket: the two of them want to meet in Marseille in five days.
Felix first hitchhiked to Rouen , where he met two men who had just beaten up an Arab. Felix flees and is followed and beaten by one of the two men. He doesn't go to the police out of fear. In a small town on his trip he meets 17-year-old Jules, whom he helps paint. They both spend the night in Jules' bed. The next day, out of high spirits, they steal a car and drive around, since Jules has never left the small town. In the end, both of them go to a gay disco, but Felix rejects Jules' advances, as he sees Jules as his "little brother". While Felix drives on, Jules is already trying to meet the next man in his small town. In Mathilde, Felix gets to know the "grandmother" of his travel acquaintances. She got him to bring her purchases to her apartment, and shortly afterwards Felix helped her to rearrange her apartment, where Mathilde has lived alone since her husband's death. Felix learns from television that the man in Rouen died from his injuries. He promises Mathilde to go to the police in Marseille.
A little later, Felix meets his ideal “cousin” in a car driver who turns out to be a railroad worker. Both of them fly a kite that Felix has already bought in Dieppe and spontaneously sleep together in a field. Shortly afterwards, at a rest area, Felix meets his "sister", the mother of three Isabell, who is currently bringing her three children to their three fathers. They both spend the night in a motel and Isabell guesses that Felix is the unknown eyewitness of the events in Rouen who is being searched for. One of the perpetrators has since been caught. Felix confesses to Isabell that he was just afraid to go to the police. Shortly before Marseille, Felix finally makes the acquaintance of an angler whom he classifies as “father”. The old man makes him doubt whether he should really go see his father. Obviously, the father has never looked after Felix and Felix has no particular reason to meet him, other than a certain degree of curiosity. The angler advises Felix to stay out of his father's life and to accept his behavior. In fact, Felix refrains from looking for his father in Marseille. Instead, he picks up Daniel from the train station. He organized a short vacation in Corsica and both went on the ship without Felix having sought contact with his father.
production
After the film musical Jeanne et le garçon formidable (1998), Felix was the second directorial collaboration between Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. The shooting took place in Dieppe, among others. Juliette Chanaud created the costumes, Louis Soubrier designed the film .
Felix had its premiere in February 2000 at the Berlin International Film Festival . On April 19, 2000 it was shown in French cinemas, where it was seen by 82,330 viewers. It was also shown in German cinemas from November 2, 2000. On April 9, 2001, the film was released on both video and DVD.
criticism
The film-dienst called Felix a “comedic road movie that shows utopian approaches to an easier coexistence of people, but also incorporates the often terrifying reality.” The film is “stylistically perfectly staged with a light hand, carried by impressive images full of luminosity , played relaxed. "
Despite difficult issues, a "very touching, light-footed and humorous story" succeeded with Felix , wrote Cinema .
Awards
Felix won the Teddy Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2000 . In the same year Sami Bouajila was honored as the best young actor at the Festival du film romantique de Cabourg. Felix received a nomination for the Emden Film Prize at the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival in 2000 and was also awarded the Audience Award at the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival in 2000. At the MIX Milano di cinema gaylesbico e queer culture festival in Milan in 2001 , Felix received the prize for the best film.
Web links
- Felix in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Felix in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ See allocine.fr
- ↑ Felix. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de