''Reinventing Marvin''
(french: Marvin ou la belle éducation) is a 2017 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Anne Fontaine
Anne Fontaine (born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a Luxembourger film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She lives and works in France.
Life and career
Born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor Je ...
. It screened in the Horizons section of the
74th Venice International Film Festival
The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017. The jury president was announced as the actress Annette Bening on 5 July 2017. '' Downsizing'', directed by Alexander Payne, was selected to open t ...
on 2 September 2017,
and won the
Queer Lion
The Queer Lion is the trophy awarded yearly since 2007 to the “Best Movie with LGBT Themes & Queer Culture” among those presented during the Venice International Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ...
.
The film stars
Finnegan Oldfield
Finnegan Oldfield (born 10 January 1991) is a French-British actor, who has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003.
Background
Career
In 2005, age 14, Oldfield landed the lead role in the TV film '' L'Île Atlantique''. He dropped out ...
as Marvin, a gay actor in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
who is struggling to write and perform a one-man theatrical show about his childhood.
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...
appears playing herself.
Cast
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Finnegan Oldfield
Finnegan Oldfield (born 10 January 1991) is a French-British actor, who has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003.
Background
Career
In 2005, age 14, Oldfield landed the lead role in the TV film '' L'Île Atlantique''. He dropped out ...
as Marvin Bijoux
* Jules Porier as Young Marvin
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Grégory Gadebois
Grégory Gadebois (born 24 July 1976) is a French actor.
Life and career
He studied at the CNSAD in the classroom of Catherine Hiegel and Dominique Valadié. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 2006 to 2012.
Theatre
Filmograp ...
as Dany Bijoux
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Vincent Macaigne
Vincent Macaigne (born 19 October 1978) is a French actor, theatre director and film director. He is also a screenwriter and playwright.
Life and career
Macaigne was raised in Paris, the son of a French businessman and an Iranian-born painter. ...
as Abel Pinto
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Catherine Salée
Catherine Salée is a Belgian actress.
Biography
From 1991 to 1994, Catherine Salée took classes at the Royal Conservatory of Liège.
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Belgian film actresses
Magritte ...
as Odile Bijoux
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Catherine Mouchet
Catherine Mouchet (born 21 August 1959) is a French actress.
She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. Her performance in the film '' Thérèse'', directed by Alain Cavalier, won her ...
as Madeleine Clément
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Charles Berling
Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, "only daughter of (French) s ...
as Roland
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Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...
as Herself
*
India Hair
India Hair (born 1987) is a French actress.
Early life
Hair was born in Saumur a town in western France, to an American father and an English mother.
Career
She has worked in film and television. Her film credits include '' Camille Rewinds'' ...
as Vanessa
See also
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Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage
Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles. Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema, she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Goda ...
References
External links
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''Reinventing Marvin''at
TF1 Studio
{{Queer Lion
2017 films
2017 drama films
2010s French-language films
French drama films
French LGBT-related films
Gay-related films
Films directed by Anne Fontaine
LGBT-related drama films
2017 LGBT-related films
2010s French films