Beauty contest winner Patricia Knight's one bid for screen stardom was Columbia's Shockproof. Knight plays Jenny Wright, a convicted murderess paroled in the care of probation officer Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde). What begins as an aloof professional relationship eventually blossoms into romance. The fly in the ointment is shady Harry Wesson (John Baragrey), the gambler who invei...
From the first moment she kicked a ball, Marinette Pichon's life would revolve around soccer. Although her hometown in rural France didn't have a girls' team, her talent spoke for itself, and staying focused on the ball helped keep Marinette distracted from a toxic home life. As she ages out of the local boys' team she is spotted by a talent scout and invited to play for the na...
60年代的比利时,小男孩皮姆(杰尔·弗劳里佐恩 Jelle Florizoone 饰)和单亲妈妈伊薇特(伊娃·范·德·古奇特 Eva van der Gucht 饰)住在北海边的凋敝小镇上,当地最繁华的场所是一家叫做“德州”的酒吧。皮姆从小就很特别,他喜欢玩公主侍女游戏 ,喜欢绘画,喜欢英俊的男孩,喜欢收藏心爱人的物件。邻家男生吉诺(马提亚斯·瓦格尔斯 Mathias Vergels 饰)和妹妹萨布丽娜(妮娜·玛利亚·柯特卡斯 Nina Marie Kortekaas 饰)是皮姆青梅竹马的玩伴,皮姆和吉诺偷尝禁果引发一段暧昧而苦涩的初恋。当英俊的吉普赛青年卓坦(托马斯·库芒 Thomas Coumans 饰)意外出现后,皮姆的生活更是发生无可挽回的改变…
《德州北海》改编自比利时女作家安德烈·索丽的成长小说《这是永远》。导演巴沃·德弗恩是位公开同志,他的短片多次在国际上获奖,其视觉效果被誉为“有着超脱世俗的顽劣和清新之风”。《德州北海》是巴沃·德弗恩的第一部剧情长片,“一般来说,成长电影往往结束于主人公找到自己的身份。但这并不是这部片的主题,它是关于爱,关于寻找自己的幸福。”本片获蒙特利尔国际电影节银丝带奖和影评人费比西奖,罗马国际电影节都市爱丽丝奖。