North Sea Texas, the first Flemish gay film, stars Jelle Florizoone. Interview wh director Bavo Defurne, Producer Yv Verbraeken and Jelle Florizoone
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NORTH SEA TEXAS: GAY COMG OF AGE TALE (LGBTQ, GAY)
North Sea Texas A lonely gay adolcent suffers the pangs of unrequed passn "North Sea Texas," a poignantly renred g-of-ager om tyro Belgian helmer Bavo Defurne. * north sea texas gay *
Compare wh 'Get Real', and 'A betiful Thg' but give an excellent ia how gay's explore their world the 1950-1960's Belgium. A lonely gay adolcent suffers the pangs of unrequed passn “North Sea Texas, ” a poignantly renred g-of-ager om tyro Belgian helmer Bavo Defurne.
NORTH SEA TEXAS, 2011
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BELGIAN GAY G-OF-AGE TALE
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