Reinventing Marvin
Alternative title: Marvin ou la belle éducation

Directed by Anne Fontaine

A young man flees his family to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.
Reinventing Marvin is an ambitious French drama about a gay actor escaping a painful childhood and reinventing himself through theatre. Finnegan Oldfield is compelling, and Anne Fontaine blends memory, class and performance in a film that can be uneven but often emotionally sharp.

Reinventing Marvin

Alternative title: Marvin ou la belle éducation

Directed by Anne Fontaine

A young man flees his family to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.

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Reinventing Marvin is an ambitious French drama about a gay actor escaping a painful childhood and reinventing himself through theatre. Finnegan Oldfield is compelling, and Anne Fontaine blends memory, class and performance in a film that can be uneven but often emotionally sharp.