Félix Maritaud

Acting

Félix Maritaud

Born

1992-12-12 (33)

Place of birth

Nevers, Nièvre, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Félix Maritaud (born 12 December 1992) is a French actor notable for his roles in French queer cinema.

Known for

You Won't Be Alone poster
6.6

In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.

You Won't Be Alone

2022

BPM (Beats per Minute) poster
7.7

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

BPM (Beats per Minute)

2017

My Sole Desire poster
6.6

When aimless Manon begins work at À mon seul désir, a strip club that offers high concept performances, she instantly bonds with her fellow strippers, particularly Mia, an aspiring actress with a boyfriend and child. Manon learns that it is “not easy money, but fast money” and when she finds herself falling for Mia, she is forced to question her priorities as she explores her newfound erotic life.

My Sole Desire

2023

Lux Æterna poster
6.1

Charlotte Gainsbourg agrees to play a witch condemned to be burned at the stake in the first film directed by Béatrice Dalle. But the chaotic production, technical problems, and psychotic breakdowns gradually plunge the shoot into a chaos of pure light.

Lux Æterna

2020

Solo poster
5.7

Emerging Montreal drag queen Simon must deal with two impossible loves: a passionate, yet destructive affair with Olivier and a cold relationship with his mother, who's just returned after fifteen years.

Solo

2023

Knife+Heart poster
5.8

In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.

Knife+Heart

2018

Film credits

2020s · 23 titles

You Won't Be Alone poster
6.6

In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.

You Won't Be Alone

2022

My Sole Desire poster
6.6

When aimless Manon begins work at À mon seul désir, a strip club that offers high concept performances, she instantly bonds with her fellow strippers, particularly Mia, an aspiring actress with a boyfriend and child. Manon learns that it is “not easy money, but fast money” and when she finds herself falling for Mia, she is forced to question her priorities as she explores her newfound erotic life.

My Sole Desire

2023

Lux Æterna poster
6.1

Charlotte Gainsbourg agrees to play a witch condemned to be burned at the stake in the first film directed by Béatrice Dalle. But the chaotic production, technical problems, and psychotic breakdowns gradually plunge the shoot into a chaos of pure light.

Lux Æterna

2020

Solo poster
5.7

Emerging Montreal drag queen Simon must deal with two impossible loves: a passionate, yet destructive affair with Olivier and a cold relationship with his mother, who's just returned after fifteen years.

Solo

2023

Maldoror poster
6.4

When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender. When the operation fails, fed up with the limits of the legal system, Chartier embarks on a solitary hunt to bring down the culprits.

Maldoror

2024

Jimmy Somerville: Queer Rebel of British Pop poster
5.3

With his soaring falsetto and magnetic yet understated stage presence, Jimmy Somerville burst onto the 1980s new wave scene, making the world dance to songs rooted in struggle and resilience. From the harsh realities of Glasgow’s working-class neighborhoods to the challenges of growing up gay in a hostile world, and the devastating impact of the AIDS crisis, Somerville transformed pain into anthems of freedom. First with Bronski Beat, then The Communards, and later as a solo artist, he became both rebel and diva—the unmistakable voice of a generation fighting for equality. Through intimate stories from those who have stood by him for four decades, this portrait reveals a rare artist who has never wavered in his convictions.

Jimmy Somerville: Queer Rebel of British Pop

2025

Oxana poster
7.0

July 23, 2018. An important date for ex-FEMEN leader Oxana Chatchko - the opening of her exhibition of blasphemous icons. So begins a day of wandering across Paris. Amidst encounters with lovers and an art critic, and an appointment to confirm her political refugee status, memories of her past as a feminist activist, and the traumas and betrayals suffered during her fight, resurface. Can she reawaken her desire to live?

Oxana

2025

Little Ones poster
6.4

Camille a 16 years old pregnant girl was placed in a maternal center by the Judge. She became friends with Alison, an immature young mother, and fought against the authority of Nadine, an educator as passionate as she was disillusioned.

Little Ones

2023

Best Secret Place poster
7.5

Within my walls, many people are taking a break. Waiting to live.

Best Secret Place

2023

Massachusetts poster
NR

Getting away, that's the only thing that's real. For Manue, here there's nothing to hope for, whereas in America everything is possible. On the next pier, a container ship is heading for Massachusetts and they're looking for sailors. Gaffia agrees to hold Manue's hand for the long voyage.

Massachusetts

2020

Amore Mio poster
5.8

Today is Raphael’s funeral. His young wife Lola doesn’t know what to do with her sadness, or with her 7-year-old son’s, or with anyone’s. Her sister Margaux is here, though they have been estranged for years. On their way to the ceremony, Lola forces Margaux to flee the procession and to take them away from this sad reality. During this improvised trip, the two sisters will rediscover each other and relearn freedom. The freedom of not wanting to bury the man you love.

Amore Mio

2023

Nino in Paradise poster
5.0

After a failed attempt to join the French Foreign Legion to escape the police, Nino Paradis reunites with his girlfriend Lale and his two best friends, Malik and Charlie. From side hustles to nights spent partying, Nino and his friends are desperately trying to find their place, and keep on dreaming, in a world that seems to have given up on them.

Nino in Paradise

2026

The Idealist poster
NR

Adrien Kaminsky is a young French teacher in a high school in Le Havre. Passionate, he gives his all to his job, and the students give it back to him. When a student discovers that he is homosexual, he falls off his pedestal and is soon violently assaulted in front of the school. As the assault sends a wave through the system, Adrien begins to doubt his vocation.

The Idealist

2022

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 poster
4.0

A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire. This diverse collection showcases a range of cinematic voices—both emerging and established—exploring the exhilaration, vulnerability, and confusion of coming-of-age through stories that celebrate queer love, self-discovery, and the breaking of societal boundaries. Blending narrative shorts, experimental visuals, and music-driven pieces, the anthology offers an evocative, multifaceted portrait of innocence transformed.

Altered Innocence Vol. 1

2021

Grand amour poster
NR

In collaboration with AIDES, an association fighting against HIV, this feature film brings together over 30 artists to explore the freedom to love beyond stereotypes. Desire, passion, break-ups, Grand Amour or the modern version of the freedom to love. All stories are told across genders and sexualities.

Grand amour

2020

The Enemy poster
4.5

Prominent politician Louis Durieux is accused of having murdered his wife, found dead in their hotel room. The case blows up into an intense media storm. Is he guilty or innocent? Nobody knows. Perhaps not even him...

The Enemy

2022

Little Man Tom poster
5.3

Tom, 11 years old, lives in a trailer home on the edge of the woods with Joss, his young mother. The two of them support each other and show unwavering optimism. While Joss is away working small jobs, Tom keeps himself occu- pied. One day, a young man fresh out of prison breaks into their home and their lives, and disrupts the equilibrium.

Little Man Tom

2022

Henri's Party poster
10.0

A couple attempts to reconnect over the course of an evening but the night has other plans for them.

Henri's Party

2025

Dustin poster
6.0

In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender woman and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy, and euphoria into yearning for tenderness.

Dustin

2021

LIEB MICH! - Gay Shorts Volume 7 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

LIEB MICH! - Gay Shorts Volume 7

2020

A Violent World poster
6.2

Two brothers rob a truck full of smartphones in a desperate attempt to escape their lives.

A Violent World

2025

Demons to Diamonds poster
NR

In the business district of La Défense, a wave of suicides expose the fractures of a crumbling society. Strangers move through the streets like ghosts, bound by the invisible threads of paranoia. In the eerie glow of a collapsing city, destruction may be the only chance for rebirth.

Demons to Diamonds

2025

The Rabbit Is Dead poster
NR

Eva, a young female filmmaker, struggles to develop her first film project while also maintaining balance in her own life - all of which is narrated by the lead character of her film project. A funny, at times wry, yet also affecting study of modern-day dynamics and youth.

The Rabbit Is Dead

2025

2010s · 14 titles

BPM (Beats per Minute) poster
7.7

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

BPM (Beats per Minute)

2017

Knife+Heart poster
5.8

In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.

Knife+Heart

2018

Boys poster
6.8

When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in grappling with his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories from this time still haunt Jonas.

Boys

2018

Sauvage poster
6.7

Léo, a 22-year-old homeless sex worker searches for genuine love on the streets of Strasbourg.

Sauvage

2018

Islands poster
4.2

A sexual reverie unfolds over the course of one ethereal night. Characters wander through an erotic maze of love and lust, blurring the lines between wet dream and lucid nightmare as a macabre, erotic stage performance sends a ripple of lustful desires through its audience and performers.

Islands

2017

Terror, Sisters! poster
6.5

Today is a day like any other for Kalthoum and her girlfriends. They sip cocktails, look for sex on the Internet, impatiently wait for love and once again, endure the transphobic insults of strangers. But today it’s not going to be like that: the four transgender friends will imagine their revenge.

Terror, Sisters!

2019

Male Shorts: International V2 poster
10.0

The second volume of an international collection of five short films focusing on men, including: Enter (2018); Free Fall [Caída libre] (2018); Haze [Ocaso] (2014); Mr. Fox [Sr. Raposo] (2018); Twice [Due volte] (2018).

Male Shorts: International V2

2018

Enter poster
4.4

During a night of drinking, M. arrives by chance in an apartment where an orgy takes place. Embarrassed, he locks himself in the bathroom where he will find a sleeping guy he knows pretty well.

Enter

2018

De sperme et d'eau fraîche poster
5.0

Mock trailer for a fictional porn film within Yann Gonzales' movie Knife+Heart.

De sperme et d'eau fraîche

2019

My Last Lullaby poster
NR

Is there a suitable age to face a loss for the first time? 20-year-old Paloma has just lost her grandfather. Her entire family gathers in the grandparents' house the day before the funeral. It is a place full of memories, and without noticing, Paloma is led to confront her loss, as if this end of summer marks the end of her frivolity.

My Last Lullaby

2019

Je fixais des vertiges poster
NR

Anders' father, Léonard, a renowned astrophysicist, disappeared several days ago in the middle of a dense forest of the Cévennes. Anders goes in search of him, sinking into the meanders of a still virgin nature, letting himself slowly be eaten away by his memories and anxieties.

Je fixais des vertiges

2019

Sacré Cœur poster
NR

Forty-year-old Daniel has returned home to his mother's place, in Brittany. He's left music behind and now works at the fish market.

Sacré Cœur

2018

Far from the South poster
NR

Boris is around 20 years old and lives on the road with his disturbed father. When his boss offers him a better job at the restaurant where he works, Boris sees a way out off this rambling life.

Far from the South

2019

La Flame poster
NR

Lying on the bed, in a fetal position, a man waits for a call. Check the phone morbidly until the call arrives. This will be the last step towards a definitive fall or finally his chance for rebirth ?

La Flame

2019