Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBelgian filmmaker David Lambert has followed up his stunning feature film debut the Cannes Award Winning ‘Beyond the Walls’ with another story of a very quirky and odd relationship. It’s the tale of an obese middle-aged gay baker called Henry (Jean-Michel Balthazar) who lives in a small Belgian town and who has fallen in love over the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBelgian writer/director Laurent Micheli’s debut feature film is an audacious look at a tight knit group of 30-something-year-old friends who all seem to have insatiable sex lives which doesn’t seem to make them happy at all. Ana (Marie Denys) is sleeping with Hugo (Gaël Maleux), Dalhia (Adriana Da Fonseca) with Graciano (Gabriel Da Costa), Léo (Séverine Porzio) with Louis … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOne of the best received feature film debuts at the Cannes Film Festival was Belgian writer/director Lukas Dhont whose film Girl picked up both Caméra d’Or award, for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm. It is the transitioning story of teenage Lala (Victor Polster) who has always dreamed of being a ballerina … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBram is in his 20’s and a good-looking Belgian/Turkish gay man who is rather smitten with blond, blue-eyed Kevin who works with his mother at their wee Cafe in Antwerp. Unusually for self-confident Bram who subsides his Waiter’s job by some small time drug dealing on the side, he is however unsure of either Kevin’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe wonderful opening sequence of 6 year old Pim dressing up in his mother’s old beauty pageant sash and tiara and posing in front of the mirror sets the scene for a delightful coming-of-age story that combines all the angst with a great deal of humor and charm. Set in a tiny Belgium coastal … Continue reading
