film carefully and elegantly shows the ecstasy of first love and the heartache of loss.
The whole film has beautiful shots and good performances. At the same time, when it comes to sadness, our hearts will feel like a knife.
This feature film debut of Bavo de Fern is an experience. His description of world affairs and emotions can be said to be indifferent.
Behind the scenes production
Belgian film "North Sea, Texas" won the 2011 Montreal Film Festival won the Jury Award second only to the Grand Prix and the Film Critics Fabicy Award. Set in a Belgian seaside town in the 1960s and 1970s, the film tells the story of an introverted boy who fell in love with the young and Dangerous boy next door. "Texas" is the name of the tavern where the boy's mother hangs around in the film.
The film director Bavo Defurne is a gay. His short films have won many international awards. He has served as a set designer for directors such as Peter Greenaway and a photographer. His short films "Spring", "Sage", "Campfire", etc. all show the ambiguity, desire and pain in the growth of young people, and visually, he is known as having French photographers "Peel and Gil" (Pierre et Gilles) The stubbornness and sweetness of transcending the world.
"Beihai, Texas" is his feature film debut. The film is adapted from André Sollie's novel "This Is Everlasting". "Growth movies often end when the protagonist finds his identity, but this is not the theme of this movie. It’s about love”, “it’s about finding happiness. Many gay movies don’t have comrades cheering up. It’s as touching and heartbreaking as Brokeback Mountain, but not in a good way. I hope to make a movie about They can get a movie of life, a happy movie."
"North Sea, Texas" is one of the most acclaimed films of this Montreal Film Festival. Even the serious "Variety" film critics seem to be melted by it. "It shows meticulously and elegantly the ecstasy of first love and the heartache of loss." , The film will be unveiled at more gay film festivals in the future. "I hope that heterosexuals can also enjoy my movies", "just like gay audiences like "Titanic"", Defurne said, "but that's not realistic." At the end of the film, he dedicated the film to those "children who were not allowed to appear in this film by their parents" and hoped that "the world will be better".
View more about North Sea Texas reviews
