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Reinventing Marvin
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Reinventing Marvin

2017 · 115 min Drama
6.6 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Anne Fontaine

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Finnegan Oldfield

Finnegan Oldfield

Marvin Bijou

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Jules Porier

Marvin Bijou (child)

Catherine Mouchet

Catherine Mouchet

Madeleine Clément

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Catherine Salée

Catherine Salée

Odile Bijou

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Dany Bijou

Vincent Macaigne

Vincent Macaigne

Abel Pinto

Charles Berling

Charles Berling

Roland

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Rebecca James

Roland's English friend

India Hair

India Hair

Vanessa

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