Trailer for north sea texas a lonely gay adolescent suffers the pangs of unrequited love in this poignantly rendered comingofager. Add a physical copy of north sea texas from family video. Bavo defurnes first feature is about a boy in love with his neighbour. Movies like north sea texas if you like north sea texas you are looking for sincere, sentimental and touching movies about with gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay lead character, first gay sexual experience, coming of age, first love and single parent themes of drama and romance genre shot in belgium. North sea texas pim and his exbeauty queen, single mother, yvette, live in a small town on the belgian coast. Lacking much depth or spark, north sea texas feels like a short film.
North sea texas directed by bavo defurne written by bavo defurne and yves verbraeken belgium, 2011 a wistful mother and her seventeenyearold son take in a gypsy traveler as a house patron. Its an ordinary existence which pim brightens up by dreaming of princesses, beauty queens and handsome gino, the boy next door. Noordzee, texas is a 2011 flemish drama film and the first feature from cult director bavo defurne, starring jelle florizoone and mathias vergels. The lead character of the story is pim, a young boy who lives with his single mother in a big house on the belgian coast. Bavo defurnes north sea texas is strong on mood and reminiscent of a taste of honey, writes philip french. North sea texas has nothing to do with coming out or navigating ones own sexuality.
When a hunky young man from the local fair starts living with pim and his mother, he seizes the opportunity to leave home and move in with ginos family. North sea texas year 2011 genre drama romance type movies idmb rating 7. Watch north sea texas online vimeo on demand on vimeo. As a boy, pim occupies his time drawing and fantasizing while keeping his emerging desires for his older neighbor friend, gino, a secret.
North sea texas noordzee, texas film at lincoln center. Mar 08, 2012 see the trailer for north sea texas released on the 06 april 2012 at selected cineworld cinemas. The narrative unfolds in a small town on the belgian coast in the late 1960s and 70s, where introverted dreamer pim grows up accustomed to neglect from his selfish mother yvette and petty humiliation from her putative boyfriend etienne. This masterful comingofage story set in 1960s belgium revolves around young pim who loves his nextdoor neighbor and lifelong friend, the handsome. North sea texas is a beautiful work of art in motion. The colors, plus the melancholic, dreamy feel, are reminiscent of a douglas sirk film. North sea texas is the feature film debut from cult director bavo defurne, whose short films, love letters to the male form and soaked with lush visuals, have garnered fans from across the globe drawing comparisons to pierre et gilles, herbert list, dreyer and eisenstein. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. A teenager searching for love finds it in the boy next.
By iluvadamlambert14 ongoing updated aug 24, 20 embed story share via email read new reading list. After a slew of ceremonious courtesies, the mother and her son pit themselves against each other, in hopes of seducing the same man. Their relationship is only kept secret because that is what the gino requests. Andre sollie novel, bavo defurne, 1 more credit daha fazlas. Noordzee, texas north sea texas pictures rotten tomatoes. See the trailer for north sea texas released on the 06 april 2012 at selected cineworld cinemas. Pretty but far from compelling, north sea texas breaks no new grounds in queer cinema. Pim lives with his exbeauty queen, single mother in a small town on the belgian coast.
North sea texas is a toothless comingofage story set in a small belgian town sometime around 1970. A teenage boys search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby. Life here smells of cold french fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Noordzee, texas north sea, texas with english subtitles. Pim, an introverted child, occupies his time drawing and fantasizing while keeping his emerging desires a secret. It is between pim and gino, they knew each other as kids, theyve had some fun before. The screenplay was written by bavo defurne and yves verbraeken and is based in the 2004 childrens novel nooit gaat dit over by andre sollie. What becomes most interesting about the drama is how it uses those features to tell a frank.
A teenage boys search for love finds him fixated on the boy next door pim lives in a rundown house in a deadend street somewhere at the belgian coast, together with his mother yvette bulteel. Noordzee, texas north sea texas is romance movie between two guys done well and avoid the offensive stereotype of gays to portray them as regular people. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for north sea texas 2012. North sea texas was released in 2012 on friday, november 2, 2012 in limited movie theaters.
As a teenager, he grows infatuated with his older neighbor and motorcycling hero, gino. Oct 30, 2012 pim, an introverted child, occupies his time drawing and fantasizing while keeping his emerging desires a secret. Apr 07, 2012 bavo defurnes north sea texas is strong on mood and reminiscent of a taste of honey, writes philip french. Jan 17, 2012 trailer for north sea texas a lonely gay adolescent suffers the pangs of unrequited love in this poignantly rendered comingofager. Staring luk wyns, nina marie kortekaas, mathias vergels and jelle florizoone. Ragazzino introverso, passa il suo tempo a disegnare e sognare vite fantastiche, collezionando oggetti presi in prestito che conserva gelosamente in una scatola da scarpe e che rappresentano i suoi desideri nascosti. Sure, gino says several times dont tell anyone, but there is nothing in the films exposition to make us think that anything bad would happen even if pim did tell, unless it is that gino doesnt want his girlfriend to find out. Okay, this is based off of a movie called north sea texas, and im going to make my own sequel to it in script form, this is boyxboy, if you have a problem with it, leave right now. Defurne keeps the films palette fairly grey, except for pops of bright reds, yellows, and oranges. Noordzee, texas north sea texas pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released noordzee, texas north sea texas pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from. But when hunky traveller zoltan blows through town, pims life takes an exciting and unexpected turn.
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North sea texas 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. A film guide that looks at north sea texas 2011, a beautifully atmospheric, heartwarming drama about an introverted adolescent living in a tiny belgian coastal town with his single mother. This masterful belgian comingofage film set in the 1960s follows the relationships of a young gay teen, his best friend and former beautyqueen mother. Nov 02, 2012 database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for north sea texas 2012.
But while the movie is often pretty, its only intermittently compelling. The film follows the story of pim, a boy living with his reckless mother who. Everything you need to know about north sea texas movie 2012. Introverted, he spends his childhood drawing and dreaming up fantasy lives while keeping his emerging desires a secret. North sea texas a teenage boys search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing north sea texas near you. Apr 06, 2012 north sea texas is a beautiful work of art in motion. But his first love seems likely to end in disappointment. If north sea texas has one redeeming feature then it is as a queer film where being gay is of no consequence. The 2011 belgian film north sea texas, whose story is focused on love and the confusion of youth, aptly addresses the importance of ones decisions.
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