NORTH SEA TEXAS
by Bavo Defurne
synopsis
Pim lives with his ex-beauty queen, single mother in a small town on the Belgian coast. An introverted boy, Pim brightens up his days with drawing and dreaming up fantasy lives. He expresses his emerging desires through a secret collection of "borrowed" objects that he keeps in a shoebox. With teenage years comes sexual awareness and he now draws and dreams of Gino, the older boy next door, his motorcycling hero. But this first love seems likely to end in disappointment. Pim’s mother, Yvette, has dreams of her own. Tired of unwanted suitors and bored with small town life, she longs to leave everything behind and to see the world. Pim and Yvette’s dreams collide when handsome Zoltan arrives in town with the fun-fair and becomes their new lodger.
international title: | North Sea Texas |
original title: | Noordzee, Texas |
country: | Belgium |
sales agent: | Wavelength Picture |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Bavo Defurne |
film run: | 94' |
release date: | BE 16/03/2011, NL 07/03/2012, UK 06/04/2012, DE 10/05/2012, LU 14/2012, FR 05/12/2012 |
screenplay: | Bavo Defurne, Yves Verbraeken |
cast: | Jelle Florizoone, Mathias Vergels, Nina Marie Kortekaas, Eva van der Gucht, Katelijne Damen |
cinematography by: | Anton Mertens |
film editing: | Els Voorspoels |
art director: | Kurt Rigolle |
costumes designer: | Nathalie Lermytte |
music: | Adriano Cominotto |
producer: | Yves Verbraeken |
production: | Indeed Films |
backing: | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) |
distributor: | Peccadillo Pictures, Salzgeber & Co. Medien, Kinepolis Film Distribution, Cinemien, Outplay Films |