#nordzee texas

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Title: North Sea Texas Initial Release: March 2011 (Belgium) Director: Bavo Defurne Based on: a book by André Sollie, “Nooit gaat dit over” Blogger’s Rating:  4.3/5

Blogger’s Review

This was the second gay-themed film I’ve watched. During that time, I really like to see lazy colors on screen. It’s quite funny because the houses projected pale colors that matches the mood of each scenes whether it’s a depressing or ecstatic one.  I watched this film after Brokeback Mountain and some of the scenes here reflect to the previous movie I’ve watched. It is compelling because the characters build expectations and ideas and then it’ll lead to some sensual yet delicate parts and these parts are my favorites. I recommend you to watch this film. :)

NOTE

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SYNOPSIS/PLOT

A young Pim and his mother, Yvette, live in the Belgian countryside with their dog, a Miniature Pinscher named Mirza. The mother, a lonely divorcee, plays a piano accordion, and patronizes a local bar called Texas.

One day Pim and his mother attend a fair, where they meet a traveling carny named Zoltan. Zoltan is kind to the younger Pim, and Pim is infatuated. Zoltan rents a room in Yvette's home intermittently, but later stops coming to town. Meanwhile, Yvette begins spending time with a man named Etienne, who is brutish and macho, and whom Pim immediately despises.

As time passes, Pim develops a close friendship with the slightly older Gino, who becomes his best friend. Pim falls in love with Gino, and Gino explores his sexuality with the adoring Pim, and the two become increasingly intimate. They both agree to keep their sexual relationship a secret. 

Meanwhile, Gino's sister Sabrina develops feelings for Pim, and Gino nearly spends the night with a girl he is seeing named Francoise. Pim, seeing Gino kiss Francoise, commits an act of vandalism as revenge and a rift forms between the two friends. Sabrina subsequently finds out that Pim is gay, and Yvette breaks it off with the boorish Etienne. Around this time, the enigmatic Zoltan unexpectedly returns. Gino, growing uncomfortable with the complicated circumstances, begins pushing Pim away. Compounding the emotional roller coaster for Pim, he goes to Zoltan's room one evening, hoping to spend the night with him, only to find Zoltan out of his room and down the hall having sex with Pim's mother. Having long wanted Zoltan for himself, even before he fell in love with Gino, a distraught Pim runs off into the night. Devastated that he cannot be with Zoltan, He returns home to find his mother has left with Zoltan and left him a note. Pim takes Mirza and moves in with Sabrina, while Gino is living out of town with Francois.

Following the funeral of Gino and Sabrina's mother Marcella, Pim and Sabrina are seen living together, although the living arrangement is clearly platonic. On a rainy day, Gino returns. After Pim tells Gino that his sister isn't home, Gino tells Pim that it was he who Gino came home for. Gino gently grabs Pim and moves him against the wall. Gino returns a cloth with special meaning to them both to Pim, telling him to tie a knot in it so that he will never forget him. He then proceeds to kiss Pim on the neck and the two embrace one another passionately. 

Pim tells Gino to "stay," and the film ends with the two of them embracing each other, suggesting a happy ending for the young couple.

[yesbeautifulcine]

4. North Sea Texas, 2011

   dir. Bavo Defurne

   A teenage boys search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.

[seredelgi]

Top 19 favourite slash otps part 2/2

10. Ste & Harry- Hollyoaks (UK) 9. Bruno & Pol- Merlì (Spain) 8. Pim & Gino- North sea texas (Belgium) 7. Agron & Nasir- Spartacus (US) 6. Corey & Mason- Teen wolf (US) 5. Ian & Mickey- Shameless (US) 4. Isak & Even- Skam (Norway) 3. Maurice & Alec- Maurice (UK) 2. Sieger & Marc- Boys (Netherlands) 1. Jack & Ennis- Brokeback mountain (US)

[unblogparaloschicos]

Cine: Nordzee Texas / North Sea Texas (2011)

Pim (Jelle Florizoone), podría decirse, nunca dudó sobre el género del objeto de su afecto romántico. De niño (interpretado aquí por el pequeño Ben Van den Heuvel), éste era el apuesto gitano Zoltan (Thomas Coumans); de adolescente, el amor de su vida sería Gino (Mathias Vergels). Un amor correspondido, pero oculto; no sería bien visto una relación como la que ambos llevan a cabo en el pueblito belga en el que viven. 

Yvette, la madre de Pim (Eva Van der Gucht), es una mujer divorciada que alquila su vivienda a Zoltan con el fin de ganar un poco más de dinero, a la vez que ocupa su tiempo trabajando en el Texas, un bar de mala muerte en el medio de la nada. Yvette es completamente despreocupada incluso de su hijo, que se siente a gusto cada vez que pasa por la casa de Gino, adonde vive con su madre (Katelijne Damen) y su hermana menor, Sabrina (Nina Marie Kortekaa), que está enamorada, profundamente, de Pim. Una dinámica de emociones y temores que se verá sacudida con la llegada de Françoise (Ella-June Henrard), la nueva novia de Gino.

“Nordzee Texas” es ya, dentro del territorio del cine LGBTQ sobre adolescentes, una película clásica. Basada en el libro “Nooit gaat dit over”, de André Sollie, que adaptó y dirigió el debutante Bavo Defurne, siempre la verás entre los primeros puestos de cualquier lista sobre este tópico debido a su tono agridulce, como de cuento de hadas, que quizás quieras revisitar una y otra vez. 

(Un dato de color: cinco años después de su estreno, el actor Jelle Florizoone decidió abrirse camino a las verdades de su vida, declarándose gay, y presentó a su novio.) 

Aquí, el trailer:

Y aquí (¡sorpresa!), la película completa y subtitulada:

[adiratus]

North Sea Texas (2011) directed by Bavo Defurne

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"Pim is a dreamer!" Wooly clouds.i just made that up.

[chemicaideath]

love them so much 😭😭😭

[seredelgi]

Top 38 favourite characters from the previous posts “Top 19 slash otps” (part 2/10)

34. Allen Ginsberg- Kill your darlings 33. Pim- North sea texas 32. Jude Kinkade- Hit the floor 31. Zero- Hit the floor

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Movie suggestion of the week:

● North Sea Texas ●

"A teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby."

It's set in Belgium and is a very sweet story about first loves and the ups & downs that come with them. Check it out on Netflix.

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Nordzee Texas (2011)

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[thisisselena]

Wooly Clouds has been on repeat since yesterday, ugh I love it!