North Sea Texas – Two young men find love and hope in this wonderful Flemish Film

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 Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere at the Belgian coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel (better known as Yvette Mimosa, local accordion starlet). Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her fat 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 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.

Then one day Yvette leaves with young, hunky Zoltan, the boy from the fair. When Yvette leaves her son alone in the empty house, Pim seizes the opportunity and his dreams become half-truths. Pim moves to the neighbours’ house to live with Marcella, his “second mum”. And with Sabrina, Gino’s sister, who circles longingly around Pim. He even sleeps in Gino’s bed! But Gino’s off romancing and living with a girl from across the border. Dreams never come true. Or do they? On a rainy day Gino returns.

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Le Fil (The String) – Beautiful Gay Film About True Love – Starring: Claudia Cardinale Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan Salim Kechiouche

 The String (Le Fil)

Starring:

Claudia Cardinale

Antonin Stahly Viswanadhan

 Salim Kechiouche

Class, cultual and sexual differences are explored in this romantic gay drama set in sun-splashed Tunisia. Thirty -year old Malik ( Antonin Stahly) returns to his homeland after the death of his father where he is greeted by his over-bearing mother ( Italian film icon Claudia Cardinale ) who desperately wants to see him stay and get married.

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Out In The Dark – A New Film – About Love Between Two Young Men One Jewish One Palestinian

Out In The Dark

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Starring Michael Aloni – Nicholas Jacob – Jamil Khoury – Alon Pdut

Nimer, a Palestinian student, is dreaming of a better life abroad. One fateful night he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two fall in love. As their relationship deepens, Nimer is confronted with the harsh realities of a Palestinian society that refuses to accept him for his sexual identity, and an Israeli society that rejects him for his nationality. When his close friend is caught hiding illegally in Tel Aviv and sent back to the West Bank, where he is brutally murdered, Nimer must choose between the life he thought he wanted and his love for Roy.


This is my film of movie stills from the film “Out in the Dark”.
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