Marcial Di Fonzo Bo Movies
L'Homme Que J'Aime (The Man I Love), a Gallic feature from director Stephane Giusti, is both a gay coming-out story and semi-tragic tale of love gone askew. Originally made for French television in 1997, L'Homme Que J'Aime chronicles the developing love triangle between brash pool monitor Martin (Marcial Di Fonzo Bo), resident lifeguard Lucas (Jean-Michel Portal), and his live-in girlfriend, Lise Mathilde Seigner). Though Lucas initially meets Martin's advances with cold resistance, he begins to enjoy his presence when Lise unsuspectingly incorporates Martin into their lackluster social life. Eventually, what Lucas believed was his heterosexuality begins to weaken, and the young pro-diver finds himself falling for Martin. More complications arise, however, when Martin's HIV-positive status is revealed, and Lucas wonders if he should leave Lise for a terminally ill man he happens to love. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Michel Portal, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, (more)
- 1999
- NR
In Peau Neuve, Samuel Le Bihan plays Alain, who has a life many would envy. He has a wife, a son and a well-paying job testing video games. But Alain isn't happy, so one day he decides to quit and pays a visit to an employment office. After diving into an impulsive liaison with one of the female employment counselors, he learns of a four-month residential training program for folks who want to drive heavy machinery. Alain likes the sound of this and signs up, despite his wife's decided lack of enthusiasm for Alain's new career path. While Alain takes to the earth movers like a duck to water, one of his classmates, Manu (Marcial Di Fonzo Bo), is intimidated by the machines, even though this is the job he's always dreamed of. Alain tries to help Manu and build his confidence, even though his attempts to push Manu forward could be holding Alain back. Director Emilie Deleuze cast several real-life earth-moving trainees and instructors alongside the professional actors to add a sense of realism to this film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Samuel Le Bihan, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, (more)
- 1999
Sex, avant-garde art, and Communist ideology are at the heart of this compelling historical drama. The film opens just as the Soviet Empire crumbles in 1989. As Louise (Brigitte Catillon) mourns the death of her lover, she discovers the journal of Alfred Katz (Gregoire Colin), an earnest Jewish radical and erstwhile poet who disappeared in 1938. With the aid of a history professor, Louise unravels what happened to Katz. In the feverish climate of pre-WWII Paris, Katz reveals himself as both a fervent Trotskyite and an unabashed romantic. At a party thrown by the noted surrealist Andre Breton, he meets Mila (Anouk Grinberg), a beautiful part-time model, part-time whore. As soon as he falls for her, he learns of her other lover Felix (Xavier Beauvois), a fervent Stalinist. Bored with politics, Mila eventually marries Katz. Soon betrayal and politics catch up with the poet. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Grégoire Colin, Anouk Grinberg, (more)
