{"id":6394,"date":"2018-06-10T17:37:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=6394"},"modified":"2019-04-21T17:51:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T15:51:30","slug":"uk-independent-cinema-office-reinventing-marvin-distributed-in-uk-by-peccadillo-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/uk-independent-cinema-office-reinventing-marvin-distributed-in-uk-by-peccadillo-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Uk, Independent Cinema Office: Reinventing Marvin, distributed in UK by Peccadillo Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new film from French director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel, The Innocents) is this compelling chronicle of a young gay man leaving the life he has known in order to become someone else; winner of the Queer Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2017<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like The Innocents (2016), it showcases Fontaine\u2019s skill in balancing complex subject matter with social relevance. Marvin Bijou (rising French star Finnegan Oldfield), a young boy from a working-class family in a small French village, suffers constant bullying at school and at home, from his alcoholic father (Gr\u00e9gory Gadebois), for being too sensitive and too feminine; euphemistically \u2018different\u2019. But a chance encounter with a drama teacher offers him the chance to leave and to escape not only his situation but his damaged sense of self. Following Marvin into his mid-twenties as a theatre student in Paris, the film becomes a richly layered tale about identity building, transformation and the power of self-determination.<\/p>\n

Featuring an emotive cameo from Isabelle Huppert (playing herself) as well as great performances from Vincent Macaigne and Charles Berling, Reinventing Marvin is nonetheless powered by Oldfield\u2019s star-making turn. A rewardingly compassionate drama showing how a painful coming of age may eventually yield confidence, freedom and creativity.<\/p>\n

Reinventing Marvin (Marvin ou la belle \u00e9ducation)
\nDir: Anne Fontaine France 2017 115 mins tbc
\nHome Distribution Reinventing Marvin (Marvin ou la belle \u00e9ducation)
\nCast: Finnegan Oldfield, Isabelle Huppert, Gr\u00e9gory Gadebois<\/p>\n

Independent Cinema Office<\/a>
\n3rd Floor, Kenilworth House
\n79-80 Margaret Street
\nLondon
\nW1W 8TA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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