film review

Lizzie 2022-04-19 09:02:50

In Belgium in the 1960s, the little boy Pym and his single mother Yvette lived in a desolate town on the north seashore. The most prosperous place in the area was a bar called "Texas". Pym has been very special since he was a child. He likes to play games of princesses and maids, like to draw, like big handsome boys, and like to collect objects from his beloved. The boy next door, Gino, and his younger sister Sabrina and Pim are childhood sweethearts. After Pim and Gino secretly tasted the forbidden fruit, an ambiguous and bitter first love was born. [ www.33vcr.com ] And when the handsome gypsy youth Zotan unexpectedly appears, Pym's life is irrevocably changed... This Belgian film about a boy's growth, awakening and same-sex love is adapted from a female writer André Sollie's novel "It's Forever". Director Bavo Defurne is an open comrade, and his short films have won numerous international awards, and their visual effects are particularly hailed as "with an otherworldly naughty and fresh air". "Texas North Sea" was his feature film debut, "In general, coming-of-age films tend to end with the protagonist finding his own identity.

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North Sea Texas quotes

  • Gino: Shit weather. Can I come in?

  • [last lines]

    Gino: Can I come in?

    Pim: Your sister's not here. On Monday, Tuesday and...

    Gino: I came to see you.

    Pim: I'm living here temporarily. What do you want from me?

    [Gino pushes Pim against the wall]

    Pim: I waited for you.

    Gino: Here, a gift is forever. Keep it in a knot... and you'll never forget me.

    Pim: Stay