Á cause d’un garçon [Because of a Boy] [You’ll get over it] **** (2002, Julien Baumgartner, Jérémie Elkaïm, Julia Maraval) – Classic Movie Review 13,423

Julien Baumgartner stars as Vincent Molina, a nice young gay guy, who finds himself the victim of homophobic outing at his high school, where he is in the swim team.

Director Fabrice Cazeneuve’s Á cause d’un garçon [Because of a Boy] [You’ll get over it] is a sweet, appealing, involving and thought provoking made for TV 2002 French film with good and believable acting, especially by Julien Baumgartner as Vincent Molina, a nice young gay guy, who finds himself the victim of homophobic outing at his high school, where he is in the swim team.

Vincent is a shy but good student with a girlfriend in Noémie (Julia Maraval) and a best friend in Stéphane (François Comar). But Vincent’s close encounters with the new boy Benjamin (Jérémie Elkaïm) lead boys write on a wall ‘Molina is a fag’ and Vincent starts getting bullied at school.

OK there are no surprises or big challenges in this familiar gay-themed coming of age film, but nevertheless it comes up fresh, vibrant and relevant.

Writer: Vincent Molina.

Here it is on You Tube:

A cause d’un garçon (Film gay) (youtube.com)

The cast

The cast are Julien Baumgartner as Vincent Molina, Julia Maraval as Noémie, Jérémie Elkaïm as Benjamin, François Comar as Stéphane, Patrick Bonnel as the father Bernard, Christiane Millet as Sylvie, Antoine Michel as the brother Régis, Nils Ohlund as Bruno, Bernard Blancan as Swimming Coach, and Eric Bonicatto as French professor.

Á cause d’un garçon [Because of a Boy] [You’ll get over it] (2002, Julien Baumgartner, Jérémie Elkaïm)

Vincent, un jeune homosexuel victime d’outing dans son lycée, avec Julien Baumgartner et Jérémie Elkaïm.

Jérémie Elkaïm

Jérémie Elkaïm (born 29 August 1978) is best known for Presque rien [Come Undone] (2000).

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