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Reinventing Marvin
Telling the true story of Marvin Bijou, a young boy from a working-class family in a small village, who suffers constant bullying at school and home for being ‘different’ – too sensitive and too feminine. A chance encounter with a drama teacher opens the doors to a world that offers him the chance to escape his situation.
2017 · Directed by Anne Fontaine · 115 min · Drama · 9 frames
Crew
- Written by: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic
- Cinematography: Yves Angelo
- Edited by: Annette Dutertre
- Production design: Emmanuel de Chauvigny
- Produced by: Philippe Carcassonne, Pierre-Alexandre Schwab
Cast
- Finnegan Oldfield as Marvin Bijou
- Jules Porier as Marvin Bijou (child)
- Catherine Mouchet as Madeleine Clément
- Isabelle Huppert as Isabelle Huppert
- Catherine Salée as Odile Bijou
- Grégory Gadebois as Dany Bijou
- Vincent Macaigne as Abel Pinto
- Charles Berling as Roland
- Rebecca James as Roland's English friend
- India Hair as Vanessa
Production
- Country: France
- Language: French, English
- Studios: P.A.S. Productions, Ciné+, Ciné-@, F Comme Film
- Themes: homophobia, bullying, coming of age, childhood, lgbt, woman director, drama school, actor, theatre
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