Adventures of Felix

Starring:Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue, Maurice BÃ©nichou, Philippe Garziano, Didier Mahieu, Aliette Langolff-Colas, Arno Feffer, ClÃ©ment DuprÃ©, ClÃ©ment RÃ©vÃ©rend, Daniel Lesur, Antoine Marneur, Lisa Guez, Jean-StÃ©phan Havert, Jean-Michel Colon, Virginie Blanc, Florian Rollez, Adrien Auzias
Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Studio: Fox Lorber
Product Type: DVD

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Critic Pauline Kael neatly summed up the timeless appeal of François Truffaut's 1976 film by calling it "that rarity--a poetic comedy that's really funny." In other words, Truffaut's brilliant, upbeat study of resilient children in a French village is both artistically satisfying and joyously entertaining, proving yet again (after his acclaimed debut film The 400 Blows) that few directors remembered and understood the experience of childhood as clearly as Truffaut. The film's episodic structure reveals its young characters gradually, leaving them and returning to them as their individual stories unfold. Most of the sketches are hilarious (as when a little girl uses a megaphone to announce that she's been "abandoned," resulting in generous gifts of food from her surrounding neighbors), but there's also a story about a boy with abusive parents who learns to survive by his own ingenuity. Throughout, this remarkable film gets all the details precisely right, featuring a youthful cast of kids who don't seem to be acting at all. It's as if Truffaut had somehow gained privileged entrance into their world, and they carried on as if the camera simply wasn't there. (Another French film, Ponette, would achieve a similar, more heartbreaking feat two decades later.) --Jeff Shannon

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Adventures of Felix
Starring: Sami Bouajila , Patachou , Ariane Ascaride , Pierre-Loup Rajot , and Charly Sergue
Director: Olivier Ducastel , and Jacques Martineau
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
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Unlike many gay-themed films, Adventures of Felix isn't about how the title character comes out of the closet, falls in love, or contracts HIV. We meet Felix (Sami Bouajila), who is of Arab descent, after these things have already come to pass. He and his partner live happily together in Dieppe, and his condition is under control. When he loses his job, he decides to travel to Marseilles to meet the father who left before he was born. Thus begins a road trip that is divided into five parts ("My Grandmother," "My Sister," etc.) as Felix meets strangers who help him out in various ways and come to fulfill these roles. By the time he reaches his destination, he realizes that family is what you make it. It may sound simplistic, but Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau spin the tale in an engaging manner, and Bouajila is a real find. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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An HIV-positive French North African takes an unconvential journey on a quest for his father who he's never met. On his way, he discovers that family need not always be connected by blood.

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The dalmations return in an all new adventure, sure to please the entire family. Can the Dalmation stay out of the doghouse after taking some cookies? It's a race against time as everyone's favorite spotted rascals try to clear their name in one of their greatest adventures yet! As an added bonus this DVD also includes a Felix the Cat cartoon "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg" from 1936. Also includes two more bonus cartoons "The Talking Magpies" and Chick & Double Chick."

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The Adventures of Felix
Starring: Sami Bouajila , Patachou , Ariane Ascaride , Pierre-Loup Rajot , and Charly Sergue
Director: Olivier Ducastel , and Jacques Martineau
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Starring: Sami Bouajila , Patachou , Ariane Ascaride , Pierre-Loup Rajot , and Charly Sergue
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