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Drole De Felix [2000] [DVD]

Sami Bouajila (Actor), Patachou (Actor), Olivier Ducastel (Director), Jacques Martineau (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue
  • Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
  • Format: Dolby, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language: French
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Peccadillo Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 23 April 2001
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005AMF7
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,760 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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If the idea of a French, subtitled, gay, soul-searching road film doesn't exactly sound like your cup of tea, think again: Drole de Felix is a film that will transcend any barrier. Felix of the title is a young, gay French Arab who decides to travel south from Normandy to Marseilles in search of the father who abandoned him before he was born. His journey (mainly by hitchhiking but also by slightly less legal means) forms the bulk of the film's storyline, combined with a handful of characters who become brief but important parts of his life. Sami Bouajili carries the film magnificently, switching effortlessly from the lighter, comedic moments (of which there are many, including a surprising amount regarding the character's HIV-positive status) to Felix's search for self. There is a rather unnecessary subplot concerning a witnessed murder, but even it has a moving conclusion. On paper, perhaps, not the most enticing of prospects, Drole de Felix is, in it's own quiet way, a gem. --Phil Udell

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After the death of his mother, Félix discovers a box of letters from his father, who deserted her before he was born. Deciding that the seeds of his past are rich with stories about his mother and how cam to be, Félix decides to go on a search to find his father, and find out about that one half of his genetic make-up that he never knew. Leaving Dieppe, and promising to meet his lover Daniel five days later in Marseille, Félix takes to the road. He decides to hitchhike across France, avoiding all major cities en route. This beautiful road movie slowly seduces the viewer, submerging them into a France where powerful issues that are rarely explored are tackled with great subtlety and intelligence.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars HITCH A RIDE WITH FELIX 31 Dec 2009
By Mr. P. G. Dale
Format:DVD
I won't go into the plot as other reviewers have already done this very well. I just want to say - watch this film. It is French cinema at its best, capturing the seemingly spontaneous surface of life's events whilst creating an actually very tightly constructed narrative. The latter focuses on how those we meet on our own particular journey can ultimately be more significant and enriching to us than our actual family members.
I would definitely recommend it to gay and non-gay spectators. The gay partnership that bookends the film is one of the most affirmative I have ever seen. For those of us interested in questions of race, gender and representations of AIDS, it is an excellent text. And the acting is a delight throughout, especially Sami Bouajila in the title role. He is so brave, so open, and captures the character's buoyancy fantastically well. So many films with gay protagonists are weighed down with angst. This film is the opposite and for that reason alone, deserves to be seen.
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48 of 54 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Adventures of Felix lives up to its title 16 Jun 2001
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Felix, a happy-go-lucky gay man, loses his job as a ferry worker (because of the Chunnel) in the north of France and decides to find his father, whom he has never met, in the south by hitchhiking through the countryside, agreeing to meet his lover, who will travel by train, at journey's end. Along the way he meets an assortment of interesting, unsusual characters (one segment being called "My Younger Brother") who reaffirm his journey.

Felix himself is gay in both senses, despite dealing with a host of pills for HIV. His humor and sunny disposition light up a lighthearted film.

Highly recommended.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray! A good 'gay' film. 14 July 2007
By Good Wolf
Format:DVD
'Drole de Felix' is a rarity - a gay-themed film that actually has warmth, good humour, a decent story and strong performances. Also, the 'gayness' isn't the be-all and end-all of the characters' lives. They're much more three-dimensional than that.

Highly recommended, especially if you're sick of buying 'gay' films only to discover they feel as if they were written by monkeys and filmed on a camcorder by a bunch of sixth-formers hoping for a quick cash-in.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Some sunshine for cold, winter evenings on the sofa with your loved one 17 April 2013
By Nicholas Casley TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The directors of `Drole de Felix', Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, will probably be better known for their later film `Cockles & Muscles'. This earlier work is more sober than the latter but just as amusing.

We start in Dieppe on the cold Channel coast, where Felix has lost his job. Whilst selling his deceased mother's flat he comes across details of his long-lost father living in Marseille. Leaving lover Daniel behind, Felix sets out on a cross-country journey to meet the father he never knew.

Walking, dancing, hitchhiking, and car-stealing his way south, he has a number of adventures along the way, heading along the back roads and through Rouen, Chartres, Le Puy, Montelimar, but bypassing homophobic Orange. These adventures are stylised relationships with casual encounters that stand in for Felix's little brother, his grandmother, his cousin, his sister - and finally his father.

Stylised it may be, but there is also much realism, as well as a number of highly humorous escapades. (The humour inadvertently arises also in some of the English subtitles!) This is an entertaining, feel-good movie with a nice happy ending in the hot southern climes of Provence; it is thus highly recommended for cold, northern, winter-night evenings on the sofa with your loved one.

The only extras are a photo gallery and filmographies.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a very thoughtful, touching and enjoyable classic French road film 8 April 2009
By Brent McTavish
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Really enjoyed seeing this film again after seeing it many years ago in the cinema. It is a quirky and touching film, although sometimes it is hard to sympathize with Felix. But overall a very thoughtful, touching and enjoyable classic French road film. For a "Gay" film it is one of the more intelligent and "normalizing of the gay experience" films you can see. It is definitely worth a look.
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8 of 13 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars good road movie about self discovery 4 Mar 2006
By GJ Botha
Format:DVD
While this is an enjoyable movie I was disappointed that more time was allocated to the scenes with straight characters. The acting is good and the scenery is interesting, however from the reviews I read I expected a good gay road movie about self discovery but it is more like a good road movie about self discovery and the main character just happens to be gay and HIV positive. At least there is one brief scene where Felix and the guy on the DVD cover emerge naked from the bushes to qualify this movie to be filed under "gay" on your DVD shelf.
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2 of 12 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars awful 20 Sep 2007
By Finlay Ross
Format:DVD
Completely lacking in warmth and sensuality.Actors all seem uncomfortable in their bodies and with any scenes of intimacy.The worst gay film we've watched so far.Don't bother,theres far better.
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