A teenage boys search for love finds him infatuated with an older boy who lives nearby. North sea texas 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. North sea texas was released on dvd in the united kingdom region 2 on 6 august 2012 from peccadillo pictures. The plot is pretty straightforward and little subplots.
Noordzee, texas is a 2011 flemish comingofage film and the first feature film from cult director bavo defurne. 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. A simmering drama powered by fully drawn characters and fine performances. A soulful, slightly hyperreal comedy chris packham, village voice. Rent north sea texas 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. North sea texas is a toothless comingofage story set in a small belgian town sometime around 1970. Pretty but far from compelling, north sea texas breaks no new grounds in queer cinema. In the height of his adolescent passions, pim begins to fantasise about gino, the dashing older boy from next door a relationship which seems all too likely to end in disappointment. 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. North sea texas, like pim, is a quiet and contemplative film. It has the look and feel of a fairy tale, but deals with universal, reallife themes. 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. As a teenager, he grows infatuated with gino, the handsome boy next door.
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. Trailer for north sea texas a lonely gay adolescent suffers the pangs of unrequited love in this poignantly rendered comingofager. An introverted and lonely soul, he brightens up his days by drawing and daydreaming. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. In this country, of course, such stories of gay teenage sexuality would be. Instead, its an unassuming, quietly told tale of a windswept adolescent romance and the pangs of first love, with an intoxicating cinematography thats worth enough the admission.
The is a little fic about the belgian film north sea texas. Pim lives with his exbeauty queen, single mother in a small town on the belgian coast. Much of this comes from evoking a strong sense of the early 1970s, great cinematography and excellent performances from a mostly inexperienced cast. Drawing affecting performances from a fledgling cast, defurnes film is a.
Film guide lgbt history month, 1 feb 1 mar a film guide that looks at north sea texas 2011, exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. A native belgian and graduate of a brussels art school, writerdirector bavo defurne isnt interested in being a fly on the wall. But while the movie is often pretty, its only intermittently compelling. In 20 it was screened in the tel aviv international lgbt film festival, tlvfest. Jelle florizoone and mathias vergels in bavo defurnes understated north sea texas.
A teenage boys search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby. North sea texas the 2011 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. North sea texas explores emergent sexuality and first love with a refreshing optimism. Apr 04, 2012 bavo defurnes north sea texas does just that, telling a familiar story yet managing to make it feel fresh, acutely observed and charming. 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. North sea texas was released in 2012 on friday, november 2, 2012 in limited movie theaters. An avid drawer, pim confides in his illustrations, and when his relationship with an older boy, gino mathias vergels, begins to escalate, pim discovers his. May 15, 2012 pretty but far from compelling, north sea texas breaks no new grounds in queer cinema.
Nov 02, 2012 video archive for the film north sea texas, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2012. This seems to be in line with a particular european strand of comingofage stories, with 1996s beautiful thing and the 1998 swedish film show me love both sharing a similarly steely pallor. Noordzee, texas north sea texas is about a teenage boys search for love finds him fixated on the boy next door. Film at lincoln center has been dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema and enriching. North sea texas is not a film of high drama but of personal relationships. There are currently two videos available for the film, of. North sea texas is a film by bavo defurne and shot by anton mertens. North sea texas is a colorful, gorgeously crafted gay comingofage film that will be remembered. October 31, 2012 recently, popular films about gay characters have started moving beyond the overarching plot about societys acceptance of sexual identity. Adapted from andre sollies novel, north sea texas is on familiar ground. Bavo defurnes north sea texas does just that, telling a familiar story yet managing to make it feel fresh, acutely observed and charming. Video archive for the film north sea texas, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2012.
Noordzee, texas is a 2011 flemish drama film and the first feature. Jan 17, 2012 trailer for north sea texas a lonely gay adolescent suffers the pangs of unrequited love in this poignantly rendered comingofager. Defurne keeps the film s palette fairly grey, except for pops of bright reds, yellows, and oranges. October 31, 2012 recently, popular films about gay characters have started moving beyond the overarching plot about societys acceptance of. Noordzee, texas north sea texas 2012 rotten tomatoes. Apr 06, 2012 north sea texas is not a film of high drama but of personal relationships. Oct 31, 2012 film north sea texas by chris packham. North sea texas noordzee, texas film at lincoln center. The cast is topnotch particularly the two young leads who give brave, raw performances.
Noordzee, texas north sea, texas pim and gino runaway. Watch north sea texas online vimeo on demand on vimeo. North sea texas was my first ever lgbt foreign language film and could not of. North sea texas the belgian society of cinematographers. Five questions with north sea texas director bavo defurne. Everything you need to know about north sea texas movie 2012.
Pim jelle florizoone is a 15yearold boy living in a dull belgian coastal town. The colors, plus the melancholic, dreamy feel, are reminiscent of a douglas sirk film. Noordzee, texas north sea, texas with english subtitles. 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. The film was also screened at the london lesbian and gay film festival and was released april 6, 2012 in the uk. Jul 29, 2015 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. An introverted boy, pim brightens up his days with drawing and dreaming up fantasy lives. North sea texas is awash in blues and greys, evoking a picture postcard of the seaside town that these characters call home. Its an adorable film about growing up that happens to showcase a wonderfully complex and almost tragic relationship between pim, the main character, and gino, and older boy and lifelong friend. Lacking much depth or spark, north sea texas feels like a short film. Well, lets just say there are plenty of bumps along the way in his film north sea, texas.
Jelle florizoone and thomas coumans as seen in north sea texas, a film by bavo defurne. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including wreckit ralph, vamps and flight. Pim, an introverted child, occupies his time drawing and fantasizing while keeping his emerging desires a secret. See the full list of north sea texas cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
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