60年代的比利时,小男孩皮姆(杰尔·弗劳里佐恩 Jelle Florizoone 饰)和单亲妈妈伊薇特(伊娃·范·德·古奇特 Eva van der Gucht 饰)住在北海边的凋敝小镇上,当地最繁华的场所是一家叫做“德州”的酒吧。皮姆从小就很特别,他喜欢玩公主侍女游戏 ,喜欢绘画,喜欢英俊的男孩,喜欢收藏心爱人的物件。邻家男生吉诺(马提亚斯·瓦格尔斯 Mathias Vergels 饰)和妹妹萨布丽娜(妮娜·玛利亚·柯特卡斯 Nina Marie Kortekaas 饰)是皮姆青梅竹马的玩伴,皮姆和吉诺偷尝禁果引发一段暧昧而苦涩的初恋。当英俊的吉普赛青年卓坦(托马斯·库芒 Thomas Coumans 饰)意外出现后,皮姆的生活更是发生无可挽回的改变…
《德州北海》改编自比利时女作家安德烈·索丽的成长小说《这是永远》。导演巴沃·德弗恩是位公开同志,他的短片多次在国际上获奖,其视觉效果被誉为“有着超脱世俗的顽劣和清新之风”。《德州北海》是巴沃·德弗恩的第一部剧情长片,“一般来说,成长电影往往结束于主人公找到自己的身份。但这并不是这部片的主题,它是关于爱,关于寻找自己的幸福。”本片获蒙特利尔国际电影节银丝带奖和影评人费比西奖,罗马国际电影节都市爱丽丝奖。
Lesbian prop-master Casey (Cam Killion) is abandoned by her girlfriend after a fight at a run-down motel, at the height of COVID-19 lockdowns in California. What’s worse, her girlfriend has taken not only her car, but her dog as well. She teams up with unemployed actor Alan (Joohun Lee) on a road trip to an audition in Canada. Casey is bitterly cynical while Alan is blindingly optimistic, which makes for a hilarious odd-couple road movie. Featuring beautifully shot landscapes, Laramie Dennis’s laidback debut feature film draws on, and queers, the work of Sam Shepard, and will delight fans of offbeat indie comedies à la the ‘90s works of Hal Hartley and Alison Anders.
Ten minutes a day can change the course of the day. Ten minutes of doing something completely new can change the course of a life. This is what Bianca will discover in the midst of an existential crisis. New encounters, the discovery of special bonds and listening to those who have always loved us. Sometimes it takes very little to start over and this film teaches us, through a...
The film tells the story of young Sara who, after the sudden death of her father, gives up her future as a jazz pianist in New York to face her family's past as an organic livestock farmer in the Pyrenees. An exotic mix of music, rural surroundings and family ties that create a story about the strength of going back to your roots.