The Adventures of Felix with Ariane Ascaride: DVD Cover

    The Adventures of Felix
    a.k.a. Drôle de Félix, The Adventures of Felix, Funny Felix Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Maurice Bénichou, Sami Bouajila, Patachou

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    • DVD Release Date: 02/19/2002
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 20,673

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    Features

    Filmographies; Subtitle Control; Director Commentary; 5.1 Mix; Theatrical Trailer; 2.35:1 Cinemascope Presentation; Weblinks

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scene Access
    1. Ferry Closing Down [6:58]
    2. Doctor's Office [4:39]
    3. Finding My Father [5:16]
    4. Witness [5:01]
    5. My Little Brother [9:51]
    6. The Disco [5:06]
    7. Traveling Pilgrim [2:22]
    8. My Grandmother [7:18]
    9. Calling the Sun [1:59]
    10. Murder in the News [6:59]
    11. My Cousin [4:10]
    12. My Sister [7:23]
    13. Who's Your Father? [7:26]
    14. Felix's Confession [5:37]
    15. My Father [6:00]
    16. Reunited With Daniel [5:12]

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    Editorial Reviews

    A man considers the fine line between friendship and family as he crosses France by foot in this comedy. Felix (Sami Bouajila) is a cheerful thirty-something from Normandy who is part-Arab by birth and 100 percent French by inclination; Felix is also gay and HIV-positive, though the ups and downs of the characters on his favorite soap opera trouble him more than his health, which he regards with a good-natured stoicism. Felix has never really known his father, who left his mother before Felix was born, and after he receives some old letters his dad wrote to his mother, Felix decides its time they talked before it's too late. Figuring his father's likely whereabouts in Marseilles from the letters, Felix packs up his knapsack and hits the road, planning on hiking cross country and meeting up with his boyfriend, Daniel (Pierre-Loup Rajot), in a couple of weeks. Along the way, Felix's open-hearted charm allows him to make several new friends, and before long he's bonded with a number of people he's embraced as a surrogate family: Mathilde (Patachou), an elderly woman with regrets about her life; Isabelle (Ariane Ascaride), a single mother who can't find a stable relationship; Daniel (Pierre-Loup Rajot), a teenager coming to terms with his sexuality; and a "cousin" (Philippe Garziano) interested in kites with whom Felix has a brief fling (while they practice safe sex, their al fresco encounter leads to a dreaded and painful malady -- poison ivy). As Felix moves onwards toward Marseilles, he and his new friends ponder the notion of family -- is it defined by blood, or by your heart and soul? Drôle de Félix was released in English-speaking territories under two different titles, Funny Felix and The Adventures of Felix. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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