Jongens

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Jongens
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Written byChris Westendorp
Jaap-Peter Enderle
Directed by Mischa Kamp
Starring Gijs Blom
Ko Zandvliet
Jonas Smulders
Ton Kas
Music byRutger Reinders
Country of origin Netherlands
Original languageDutch
Production
ProducersIris Otten
Sander van Meurs
Pieter Kuijpers
CinematographyMelle van Essen
EditorKatarina Türler
Running time76 minutes [1]
Production companyPupkin Film
Original release
Release9 February 2014 (2014-02-09)

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.

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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

Background

On 9 February 2014, the movie was first screened on NPO Zapp, a Dutch channel for children and young teens. The movie was a success, so film distributor ABC Cinemien/ABC Distribution decided to release the movie in Dutch theatres. [2] This release was also a success so the film was sold to the United States, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Poland, France and Germany. [3] [4] Furthermore, the movie was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival, [5] the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, [6] the Out-on-Film-Festival in Atlanta [7] and Frameline Film Festival. [8] The film was also picked up by Netflix and later by other streaming services such as Prime Video. [9] [10]

Soundtrack

Sound design and mixing was done by Marco Vermaas and some[ which? ] music was produced by Rutger Reinders.

Awards

The movie won four awards at the Zlín-Jugendfilmfestival 2014 in the Czech Republic: [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "BOYS (PG)". British Board of Film Classification . Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Telefilm jongens gaat toch bioscioop" [Television movie "Jongens" to theatres] (in Dutch). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jongens grote winnaar jeugdfilmfestival Tsjechie" ["Jongens" big winner at the youth film festival Czech Republic] (in Dutch). 4 June 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ↑ van Hoeij, Boyd (5 May 2014). "Boys film review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2014..
  5. ↑ "Boys". SIFF. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Boys (Jongens)". QueerFilmFestival. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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  8. ↑ "Boys". Frameline. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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