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Fair Haven is a 2016 American independent drama film directed by Kerstin Karlhuber, written by Jack Bryant, produced by Tom Malloy, and starring Tom Wopat, Michael Grant, Gregory Harrison, Josh Green, and Lily Anne Harrison.

The film was released by Breaking Glass Pictures digitally and theatrically and it premiered on Showtime Networks in June 2017.

Premise

A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father and the memories of a past, loving gay relationship he has tried to bury.

Storyline

James Grant and his parents, Richard and his wife, own and farm the Fair Haven Orchard in a small town in Vermont. This orchard has been in their family for four generations. Richard Grant seeks to carry on the family legacy despite two bombshell events: 1) he and his wife discover that James has a gay relationship with his high school classmate, Charlie Green, and 2) his wife dies. Richard’s wife provides the guiding center of their family life: James and Richard measure their own lives and actions in the light of what “Mom” would have wanted. This motivates the parents’ sending of James into conversion therapy under the direction of Dr. Gallagher, a Christian therapist. James emerges from this therapy ostensibly “cured” of his homosexuality. He is led to believe that he is able to live out his life “normally” as his mother and father would desire. James assures his father that the therapy has helped him.

When James comes home from this therapy, he faces the hard reality that his father has seen fit to spend all of the money put by for him to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. This is devastating to James since his goal is to become a concert pianist. His father vetoes these plans, demanding that James attend technical college to study Agribusiness. His goal for James is for him to take over the family farm.

James helps his father on the farm, and his father gives him the responsibility of delivering cases of apples to surrounding stores and other clients. Unhappily for the “success” of James’s conversion to heterosexuality, his delivery route brings him regularly back in contact with his “old flame,” Charlie Green. For this reason, James suggests that his father do the deliveries himself, but his father expects James to continue doing them.

James sees the need for “moral support,” so father and son go back to church. James is introduced to the pastor’s daughter, Suzy, who was in the high school class behind James and Charlie. Suzy is eager to become James’s girlfriend and go out with him, but James is shy and awkward around her.

The budding romance with Suzy comes to a grinding halt when James discovers that Charlie was cruelly gay bashed. James insists on driving Charlie home from work from then on.

James and Charlie get together for a picnic one Saturday evening, and they end up spending the night together in James’s barn. Suzy discovers them together and cuts herself off from James. James’s father, realizing what has happened, appears to disown James. James and Charlie plan to go away together to Boston where James can go to music school.

James’s father goes through a period of taking stock of his own life and coming to a realization of what is best for his son and himself. The conversion of local orchards into producers of organic apples and the generous offer of a buyer help Richard make up his mind to sell the farm.

Richard tells his son, “The farm isn’t family: we are.” Richard can then provide for James all the money he needs to follow his dream of going to music school and living his life with his life partner, Charlie. Richard acknowledges that both he and James’s mother are proud of him.

Cast

• Michael Grant as James
• Tom Wopat as Richard
• Gregory Harrison as Dr. Gallagher
• Josh Green as Charlie
• Lily Anne Harrison (Gregory Harrison’s daughter) as Suzy
• Tom Malloy as Reverend Thomas
• Jennifer Taylor as Ruby
• Lisa Varga as Patricia
• Denise Dorado as Helena
• Michael Cuddire as Sebastian
• Joanna Herrington as Melissa
• Susan Katz Aser as Mrs. Grant

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Jongens (English title: Boys) is a 2014 Dutch made-for-television coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Mischa Kamp and featuring Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet and Stijn Taverne. The film was released on 9 February 2014.

Plot

Sieger is a fifteen-year-old boy, living with his widowed father, Theo, and his brother, Eddy, who, burdened with his mother’s death, clashes with and acts out against his father. Along with his best friend (Stef), Sieger is a member of the local athletics team. They—and two other boys, Tom and Marc—are chosen to represent the team at the national championship relay race. In order to win, they must train intensively.

One day, they decide to go swimming in a nearby river. After Stef and Tom leave, Sieger and Marc share two kisses. Confused, Sieger insists that he is not gay, to which Marc responds, “Of course you’re not,” before Sieger heads home. Despite the incident, the boys remain close friends. When Stef meets and begins dating a local girl named Kim, Sieger feels pressured to romance Kim’s best friend, Jessica, and suppress his feelings for Marc.

One weekend, the athletics team goes on a training trip. On the first night, Sieger sneaks out, and Marc follows him to the beach, where they spend the rest of the night kissing and resting in each other’s arms. When they return home, Sieger, Jessica, Stef, and Kim attend a fair. Also at the fair, Marc sees them and wants to join up. However, afraid that the truth will come out, Sieger tries to ignore Marc. He manages to distract and appease Jessica by winning her a stuffed animal; and after, Jessica kisses Sieger, stirring feelings of confusion and pain for Marc.

Some days later, Sieger attempts to make up with Marc, and they agree to go swimming that evening. However, Theo and Eddy get into a fight after Theo learns Eddy was fired from his job a while ago and has been spending the time riding motorbikes with his friends. Theo locks up the motorbike. Instead of going to the river, Sieger tries to convince his brother to come home. Eddy will not heed his pleas but offers him a ride in a car he is driving. On the way, they almost hit Marc while he is riding his bike. Marc gets the chance to ask Sieger why he did not turn up at their appointment, and Sieger, afraid to be caught speaking to Marc, does not answer him and walks off.

On the day of the relay race, Sieger offers Marc a simple “sorry” which Marc, waiting for an explanation that does not come, tells Sieger to go back to his “charade”. Despite this, the team wins. Sieger, Eddy, Theo, and Stef celebrate with dinner at Sieger’s house, where Theo gives Eddy back his motorbike. Stef reveals that he knows about Sieger and Marc, telling Sieger “that they make a good team”. At dinner, Theo notices Sieger acting rather introverted and asks if he is okay. Sieger answers “no” and jumps on the motorbike, and drives away.

The final scene shows Sieger driving Eddy’s motorbike with Marc on the back, embracing him. Perhaps to the beach, but as the words of the final song indicates, Sieger is on a journey of self-acceptance. They are finally together and appear to be happy.

Cast

• Gijs Blom as Sieger
• Ko Zandvliet as Marc
• Jonas Smulders as Eddy
• Ton Kas as Theo
• Stijn Taverne as Stef
• Myron Wouts as Tom
• Ferdi Stofmeel as Coach
• Lotte Razoux Schultz as Jessica
• Rachelle Verdel as Kim
• Julia Akkermans as Eddy’s girlfriend
• Jeffrey Hamilton as Niclas
• Rifka Lodeizen as Marc’s mother
• Micha Hulshof as snack bar owner
• Caroline Olde Rikkert as perfume shop owner
• Roosmarijn van der Hoek as Neeltje

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Tammy and the Bachelor is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Debbie Reynolds as Tambrey “Tammy” Tyree, with Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Mildred Natwick, Fay Wray, and Louise Beavers in supporting roles. It is the first of the four Tammy films. The screenplay by Oscar Brodney is based on the 1948 novel Tammy Out of Time by Cid Ricketts Sumner.

Plot

Tambrey “Tammy” Tyree is a 17-year-old girl living in a houseboat on the Mississippi River at Natchez, Mississippi (within sight of Louisiana), with her Grandpa, John Dinwitty. She runs around barefoot, dreaming of life outside of the swamp, and talking to her best friend, Nan, a goat.

One day a small airplane crashes in the swamp. Tammy and her grandfather go to see what they can salvage from the wreck and find the unconscious pilot, Peter Brent. Tammy and her grandfather help Peter recover at their home, during which time Tammy falls in love with Peter. However, he must return to his own home, but he tells the grandfather that, if anything happened to the grandfather, Tammy would be welcome to come and stay with Peter at his spacious house at Natchez.

Several weeks later, Tammy’s grandfather is arrested for making moonshine. With no one else to stay with, Tammy sets off for Brentwood Hall, Peter’s home. She arrives during a dance rehearsal and sees Peter with his friends. When Peter’s friend Ernie discovers Tammy outside of the party, Tammy tries to explain her grandfather’s imprisonment; however, Peter misunderstands and tells Mrs. Brent that Tammy’s grandfather has died, leading the Brents to take her in. Tammy learns that Peter is busy with “Brentwood #6”, an experimental tomato he is growing in hopes of making Brentwood Hall self-sustaining once again. After Tammy finally tells everyone that her grandfather isn’t actually dead, Mrs. Brent is upset over Tammy announcing to everyone that she has a relative in jail. However, Peter and his Aunt Renie convince Tammy to stay, leading her to sing of her love for Peter (“Tammy“).

Barbara Bissle, Peter’s fiancee, drops by Brentwood Hall. Her uncle wants Peter to stop experimenting with tomatoes and offers him a deal to come to work with him in the advertising business. Peter turns down the offer. That week is also Natchez Pilgrimage Week, which includes a ball and tours of Brentwood Hall, all while in costume. Renie gives Tammy the dress Peter’s great-grandmother wore. Mrs. Brent and Renie suggest that Tammy pretend to be Great-Grandmother Cratchett for the evening. At the Ball that night, Tammy tells a story for the guests and enchants everyone, even Mrs. Brent.

That night, a hail storm hits Brentwood Hall and destroys all of the Brentwood #6 plants. The next morning, Peter announces that he is going to accept the advertising offer, leading Tammy to run away back to the bayou. As Peter realizes he loves Tammy, he calls off his engagement with Barbara, then finds Tammy’s grandfather and secures his release. The two men then return to the houseboat, where Peter reconciles with Tammy and they kiss.

Cast

• Debbie Reynolds as Tambrey “Tammy” Tyree
• Leslie Nielsen as Peter Brent
• Walter Brennan as Grandpa (John) Dinwitty
• Mala Powers as Barbara Bissle
• Sidney Blackmer as Professor Brent
• Mildred Natwick as Aunt Renie
• Fay Wray as Mrs. Brent
• Philip Ober as Alfred Bissle
• Craig Hill as Ernie
• Louise Beavers as Osia, the cook
• April Kent as Tina

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God’s Own Country is a 2017 British romantic drama film written and directed by Francis Lee in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Josh O’Connor and Alec Secăreanu. The plot follows a young sheep farmer in Yorkshire whose life is transformed by a Romanian migrant worker.

Upon release, the film received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the performances (particularly O’Connor’s) and story, as well as commending it as a promising start for Lee. It was the only UK-based production to feature in the world drama category at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the world cinema directing award.

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Plot

In Yorkshire, Johnny lives on the family farm with his father, Martin, and grandmother, Deirdre. Because his father had suffered a stroke and because of his grandmother’s age, much of the day-to-day running of the farm falls to Johnny. In his free time, Johnny engages in binge drinking and furtive sexual encounters with other men. Returning late to the farm after such an encounter with a young auctioneer, he is berated by his father because a calf has nearly died from a breech birth in his absence. Johnny proposes to call a veterinarian, but Martin has him shoot the still alive calf instead.

Gheorghe, a Romanian migrant worker, is hired as extra help for the lambing season. He arrives and spends his first night in a caravan that the family has organised as his accommodation. As the ewes have moved away from the main part of the farm, and as part of the farm’s boundary wall remains unrepaired by Johnny, it is decided that Johnny and Gheorghe should spend several days camping nearer to the animals.

Gheorghe quietly disapproves of the old-fashioned way the farm is run, without proper veterinary care or even antiseptics for wounded or sick animals. When one of the ewes gives birth to an unconscious runt, Johnny, following on his father’s way of running the farm, is about to let it die, but is intrigued when Gheorghe is able to resuscitate and care for it instead. One morning, after Johnny refers to Gheorghe yet again as a “gypsy“, Gheorghe tackles him to the ground and warns Johnny not to speak that way to him again.

The next day, the two men again engage in a fight which results in Johnny performing fellatio on Gheorghe and the two men have rough and passionate sex in the dirt. While Johnny initially does not acknowledge the encounter, the two share cigarettes and a sugar packet^[5] for their cup noodles throughout the day. That night, Gheorghe resists Johnny’s aggressive move to have sex, instead patiently showing him that sex can also be tender, and the two men kiss for the first time.

Returning to the farm, Johnny invites Gheorghe to stay with him in the house, but Gheorghe elects to remain in the caravan. When Martin suffers a second stroke, Johnny realises that running the farm is now entirely his responsibility, and he asks Gheorghe to stay on with him. Gheorghe responds that the experience has taught him they cannot maintain the farm the way it is currently run, stressing it would be a serious professional and personal commitment. Johnny reacts poorly, drinking to excess and engaging in another random sexual encounter. When Gheorghe realises what Johnny has done, he abruptly leaves the farm.

Martin is released from the hospital but is now fully debilitated. Johnny, desperate to make up with Gheorghe, tells his father that he will stay to run the farm, but that things must be run on his terms. Martin gives his tacit approval to Johnny, who sets off to bring Gheorghe back to the farm. After he finds Gheorghe working in Scotland, the two men reconcile. Gheorghe returns with Johnny; the caravan is taken away, and Gheorghe moves into the house.^[6][7]

Cast

• Josh O’Connor as Johnny Saxby
• Alec Secăreanu as Gheorghe Ionescu
• Gemma Jones as Deirdre Saxby, Johnny’s grandmother and Martin’s mother
• Ian Hart as Martin Saxby, John’s father and Deirdre’s son