North Sea Texas (Nordzee, Texas)
Strand (2011)
Drama, Foreign, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#359
7*
Seen ItYes
(4/13/2016 NetFlix)
712267320028
IMDB   7.1
96 mins Belgium / Dutch
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Jelle Florizoone Pim
Mathias Vergels Gino
Eva van der Gucht Yvette
Thomas Coumans Zoltan
Luk Wyns Etienne
Nina Marie Kortekaas Sabrina
Katelijne Damen Marcella
Ella-June Henrard Françoise
Patricia Goemaere Simonne
Daniel Sikora Maurice
Victor Zaidi Julien
Ben Van den Heuvel Young Pim
Noor Ben Taout Young Sabrina
Nathan Naenen Young Gino
Noor Ben Taouet Young Sabrina
Mickey Mirza
Patricia Goemaere Simone
Ella-June Henrard Francoise
Director/Choreographer
Bavo Defurne
Bravo Defurne
Producer Yves Verbraeken
Lise Lambert
Luc Roggen
Writer/Composer André Sollie
Bavo Defurne
Yves Verbraeken
Cinematography Anton Mertens
Music Adriano Cominotto


Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, with his lousy grey Fiat, as a driver for the nights she has to “perform”. As a kid Pim dreams of a better life, imagining princesses and beauty queens. But when Pim turns 16 he dreams of Gino, the handsome boy next door, instead. Ever since they were children there has been this tension between them. Now Gino is Pim’s motorcycling hero. Cold mockery, little humiliations and tiny bits of hope make up Pim’s life. No wonder he sometimes flees to his dream world.
Edition Details
Original Title Noordzee Texas
Distributor Strand
Release Date 2011
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [Dutch]
SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Links North Sea Texas at Core for Movies
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References
Streaming, VoD NetFlix
Lists ‡ IMDb Best Gay Themed by Metonymy, ‡ Listall Best Gay Themed by Polsko, ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021) 83
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021) 146

Notes
Filmed in Flanders on the coast of the North Sea. Cinematography is very good. While not certain, I suspect "Texas" is used with the meaning of "friends," perhaps more specifically in the context of somewhat unconventional friendship? While I didn't pick it up during my viewing of the movie, "Texas" was apparently also the name of the local bar/pub,
Captions are often difficult to read, being white instead of a yellow. However since the dialogue is Dutch, with many words similar to English/German, it was often easier for me to understand context from the audible dialog rather than from the captions.