Félix Maritaud
Félix Maritaud | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 December 1992 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2017–present |
Félix Maritaud (born 12 December 1992) is a French actor notable for his roles in French queer cinema.
Career
[edit]Maritaud began to garner recognition after starring in a string of French independent films, most notably BPM (Beats per Minute). The French LGBT magazine Têtu dubbed him "the new hero of French queer cinema".[1]
In 2018, Maritaud attracted further attention for his role in the independent film Sauvage, in which he played a homeless sex worker.[2] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that "Maritaud’s performance has power".[3] Tara Brady of The Irish Times wrote, "Félix Maritaud is a heartbreaking revelation as a sex worker seeking intimacy in France".[4] Dazed called his performance a "raw, delicate depiction".[5] He won the Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation at the 24th Lumières Awards, for his performance in Sauvage.[6]
In 2019, Maritaud was featured in Gaspar Noé's Lux Æterna. It was screened out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
In 2020, Maritaud starred in a French short film titled Dustin, which was an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival,[8] but was not able to be screened due to the cancellation of the festival in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival,[9] where it was named the winner of the IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | BPM (Beats per Minute) | Max | Robin Campillo | |
| 2018 | Sauvage | Leo | Camille Vidal-Naquet | Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation |
| Knife+Heart | Thierry | Yann Gonzalez | ||
| Jonas | Jonas (as an adult) | Christophe Charrier | ||
| 2019 | Lux Æterna | Félix | Gaspar Noé | |
| 2020 | La vita nuova | The Fauna | Colin Solal Cardo | Music video |
| Dustin | Félix | Naïla Guiguet | Short film | |
| L'ennemi | Pablo Pasarela de la Peña Prieta y Aragon | |||
| 2022 | You Won't Be Alone | Yovan | Goran Stolevski | |
| Tom | Samy | Fabienne Berthaud | Post-production | |
| 2023 | Solo | Olivier | Sophie Dupuis | [12] |
| 2024 | Maldoror | Fabrice du Welz |
References
[edit]- ^ Brady, Tara. "Félix Maritaud: The hottest young actor on the planet you've never heard of". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (27 February 2019). "Sauvage review – on the street with a homeless hustler" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (27 February 2019). "Sauvage review – on the street with a homeless hustler". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Brady, Tara. "Sauvage review: A powerful and upsetting experience". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Dazed (25 April 2019). "Félix Maritaud creates a new kind of freedom on screen". Dazed. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Prix Lumières 2019 : un palmarès sans surprise". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 5 February 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Zack Sharf, "Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: ‘French Dispatch,’ ‘Ammonite,’ New McQueen and Ghibli". IndieWire, 3 June 2020.
- ^ Jeremy Kay, "TIFF adds special events including new edition of Planet Africa, live talks series". Screen Daily, 25 August 2020.
- ^ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, 20 September 2020.
- ^ "'Sauvage' star Félix Maritaud: 'I don't want to play gay all my life - I'm gay already'". March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Solo, en salle le 15 septembre". Films du Québec, May 4, 2023.
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