Queerguru became a major fan of French actor Félix Maritaud who’s breakthrough performance in Robin Campillo’s ‘120 BPM‘ which picked up 50 Awards include 3 from Cannes. Maritaud followed that up one year later in 2018 with a stunning performance starring in Sauvage/Wild for which he won Best Newcomer Award at Cannes. We were not alone with our opinion as Têtu, France’s most popular gay magazine declared that he was “the new hero of French queer cinema“.
Now he is co-starring of Sophie Dupuis‘ SOLO, that is the story of Simon (Théodore Pellerin : Never Ever Rarely Sometime Always) a rising star in Montreal’s drag scene performing lively disco pop numbers weekly at his local club. Friendly with his fellow drag queens and supported by his sister, who delights in designing increasingly elaborate and beautiful costumes for his act, Simon vibrates with the passion of his adopted artistic community. When he meets Oliver (Félix Maritaud), the alluring new recruit at the club, their irresistible chemistry sparks an electric romance and a fulfilling creative collaboration. Their dynamic is mesmerizing and tender until Oliver’s dominant instincts and destructive behavior jeopardize Simon’s space in the spotlight. Simon has plenty of experience with tempestuous personalities – his mother, a bona fide opera diva, is back in his life after years on the road – but can he get out from under the shadow of their influence? Beautifully charting the highs and lows of falling in love and finding oneself in one’s art, writer and director Sophie Dupuis’s SOLO is a passionate feat of character-driven storytelling and visual extravagance, celebrating the drag world in all its splendor and heartache.
Releasing in US Theaters starting May 24, 2024 New York (IFC Center) on May 24 Los Angeles (Laemmle Glendale) on May 31
