2018 OUTFEST LOS ANGELES
LGBT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES GALA SCREENINGS
Reinventing
Marvin
(International Centerpiece)
Writer-Director:
Anne Fontaine
Martin
Clement is about to give the performance of his life – his life
story, that is, in an autobiographical stage play. As a child,
young Marvin Bijoux was bullied by homophobic classmates at
school and misunderstood by his often-neglectful parents, making
him feel like a lonely outsider in his small rural French village.
But when a kind school principal guides him to join the drama
club, Marvin discovers his gifts for play-acting the misery
that surrounds him. When he qualifies to attend a theatrical
school, Marvin acts the role of the brash straight stud until
he meets an older mentor who encourages him to acknowledge his
sexuality and to exorcise his pain by putting it all on the
stage.
This sweeping drama from director and co-writer Anne Fontaine
(The Innocents, Coco Before Chanel) captures a
life in the theater, as we see timid young Marvin (Jules Porier)
blossom into adult Martin (Finnegan Oldfield, Nocturama)
– with a little help along the way from Isabelle Huppert, playing
herself. A moving tale of the past that many of us try to escape,
but can never entirely leave behind, this film reminds us that
no matter how far we get from our upbringing, a piece of it
remains with us always.
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