Adventures of Felix - Felix! Come Home!
by Tallulah
Givehead
A sexy and marvelous French film
about a French/Arab gay man Felix who sets off on a
journey in search of family with a backpack and a
rainbow kite. FABULOUS!
 A very well done flick.
Drama! Comedy! Plus Felix is gorgeous. I wish more
gay filmed were filmed with this level of production
and acting skills. Ooo-La-La! I think I'll go watch
it again! C'mon baby! Take that shirt of for l'il ol'
me one more time!
An extremely entertaining and sensual gay road
movie. Felix (Sami
Bouajila) is a gentle,
carefree French-Arab living in Normandy with his
lover, who, after finding himself suddenly
unemployed, decides to head south to Marseilles in
search of his biological father, whom he's never
met. Bidding his boyfriend adieu, Felix hits the
road hitch-hiking where he meets a variety of
strangers who become his new, imagined family.
There's young, frisky, and inexperienced "little
brother," (who lusts after him) hunky and liberated
"cousin," (with whom he has some hot sex in the
fields), harried "sister" with a brood of kids, and
wise old "grandmother". By the time Felix reaches
his destination, who will end up being his father?
And does it really matter? At the film's end Felix
reunites with his lover in the sweet, gentle,
sensuous and romantic film. Besides its air of
whimsy and humor, The Adventures of Felix injects
serious doses of realities like racism, crime and
loneliness. For self-described, long-time
"hysterical activists" and real-life lovers
Jacques Martineau
and
Oliver Ducastel,
that was part of the game plan.
Fox Lorber Films / 95 minutes / 2.35:1 Widescreen /
5.1 Surround / Subtitles / Commentary by
Jacques Martineau
and
Oliver Ducastel
/ Theatrical trailers / Filmographies
Tallulah Givehead is
a Fabulous drag queen living in Portland, Oregon
(Lord only knows why!) writing reviews of gay film
by day and tearing up the stage by night. You
can read her reviews here as well as at her blog,
QUEER VUE MIRROR.
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