Francis Lee & Alec Secareanu - God's Own Country Exclusive Interview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- Stefan Pape from HeyUGuys interviews writer / director Francis Lee & actor Alec Secareanu for their movie God's Own Country.
The interview took place in Alec's native Romania at the 2017 Transylvanian Film Festival.
Plot: Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
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I never thought I would ever crush so hard on an actor. It’s never happened to me. I saw this man, Alec Secareanu in Gods own country, and fell in love with him and his performance.
S a m e
Same, once you fell, there is no exit
SAME, MY FRIEND, SAME
Same
So am i
Alec was just perfect casting for this. Not only his remarkable acting skills - he has a kind face, warm brown eyes, and a soothing voice.
I think the physical difference between him and Josh portrays the personality difference so well.
I hope Alec does more films. He was great in this film.
I hope he go on to do more movies and not be put in small rolls
@@bobbygordon5377 *Roles
@@raymondkymsuttle is it on Netflix
He did recently
Yes and He is very very handsome & charming
Alec is so shy, he looks very reserved but is so bright when talking, I Love his eyes so much. Im attracted to him.
What a beautiful film and performances. Not a false note. I cried like a baby.
I cried because I wish I had a relationship such as this
@@bobbygordon5377 lol yeah 😂
I wanted to cry but I couldnt felt like my tears stucked in my eyes and I couldnt breath. this movie is such a masterpiece brought lot of memories back alive again.
Same
Me too!
I love the way Alec looks to Francis for help on saying "one another." His "thank you" is so cute.
I love that part too
What moved me the most was using "touching hands" expressing what could not be said openly . Father to son, son to father Georghe to Johnny. These are so remarkably powerfull scenes that make me cry everytime i rewatch the movie.
alec is sooo cute
Sihan Panda He is straight right?
Jonas Cloud
Josh is straight. Alec is gay
@@josephquinto5812 No, both men are straight, Alec is engaged I saw it on facebook. Let that sink in and take care!
Alec has a engaged status with a Romanian lady called Cristina on his personal FB account since 2003. Who knows whether if they're real couple in real life or just BFF. I like him so much, more than I do to Josh. Regardless of him being straight or gay, I sincerely wish him prosperity and has a successful happy life. Thank you for the movie, I'm immersed and weak at it 😭
He is my number two in my top 3 of more beautiful man, oh my god :p
This movie is incredible. A rare, authentic jewel of a movie.
Just saw it. I was blown away!!!! Amazing.
I'm in love with Romanian guys now, gosh Alec 😍😍😍
What a heartbreaker he's ripping my heart out💔💘💕
I.... Am in love
"We don't have any big stars in the film"
i can't imagine saying that with alec literally sitting there
miss coco peru
Yeah, the boys aren't recognized by English film prominence, and he neglected to mention Gemma Jones, who's been acting for decades, but was making the broad (and true) statement that the guys are not seen (by the Western audience) as "star attractions.".
Alec's voice can melt metal. I didn't realize how warm & beautiful it is while watching the movie.
As an English learner I effing love, LOVE to see actors who don't fully know the language
This little gem is a masterpiece in so many ways, from the very talented actors to the breathtaking landscapes and the incredible genuinity of the love story and so much more. And thank God it has a happy ending for once which is not common in LGBT films unfortunately!
Cla_Disney totally agree
I agree wit that ending lol i loved this movie so much i cried on the inside though...An Amazing film with talented actors
Well said.
Alec is so under rated in this film. He is the rock that anchors the story.
Masterpiece....absolutely. The most moving beautiful film in decades. Having also grown up in the farmland of the northern mountains...and being gay, i completely related to every scene, the cold, the dirt, the greyness, lambing of sheep...mucking out the cow sheds. I could sense every part of it, I know how freezing that tarn water was!!!...as Ive been there. Well done. Just brilliant. XXX
But do you drink milk after having thrown up? That part shocked me.
Wow you're like a real life version lol nice to know that!
Such a wonderful and moving film. Both Josh and Alec did a great job.
An extraordinarily beautiful film. And thank god a happy ending! You end the film on a high note! Full of optimism!
Julian Coulden omg!! i super agree hahahahahah
We need more films like this one!
Robert J Go watch Weekend 2011, still my favourite
A. Mackle already watch love that movie! 😍
A film with real depth and soul😢
Alec’s performance in this film as a more mature confident guy is noteworthy as the character is quiet & tender. He has a good voice too! Josh shared his BIF award with Alec showed the beautiful collaboration they had was lovely to see. 👏🙌🎉
I just love Alec.❤
I found this movie on netflix by mistake, Not expect what the subject matter was about, I thought it was another foreign movie, because it starts in rural country side it later became clear what it was. I give it 5 stars ! Great editing, acting, script, sex scenes, music
Jezz T - I also found this thumbing around on Netflix this evening. Amazing directing & fantastic actors. 5 stars all the way!!! This is a hidden jewel of a film.
Yea its like UK its only cities 😂😂
A very good film Excellent performances
The acting, directing and heart of this film all are stellar. Both Josh and Alec were amazing. Thank you to Mr. Lee for so beautifully creating this film!
Both actors were fantastic, but Alec had a strong, yet quiet presence - an ageless wisdom which helped influence Josh's character and assure the audience of his goodness. You could trust him implicitly to do the right thing. Alec didn't need a lot of dialogue to pull it off - the mark of a fine actor.
One of the very best movies I've ever seen! Great, great movie!!!!
i love Alec very very very much, on, crying.......
We need a part 2 to this film....
Man.... what an AWESOME film!!!! Just stumbled on it thumbing around on Netflix. Great character development, realism was out of this world. Francis Lee and the actors were amazing!!!! Very impressed!
Alec was the most incredibly handsome and sexy man EVER! OMG.
Having just returned from Wales, with its stone walls and hundreds of sheep, this film caught my eye while flipping through Netflix, and boy oh boy, WHAT A FIND!
What a journey of love, trust and maturation, with a worthy ending and authenticity throughout.
Great director great actors all around. They all work to make me believe in the characters and who they were portraying. The main focus I saw as a gay man was not on them being gay, but on the love they shared or developed as two people. It's a movie that makes me keep thinking. Great work
Just watch the movie with my bf we loved it! ❤️ Thank you so much for making this movie and we loved the chemistry between the boys
I love Alec! It’s crazy how much Alec’s Romanian accent, sounds like Javier Bardem’s Spanish accent! I love them both.
Such a great movie.
Spanish and Romanian are both romance languages (derived from Latin-Rome)
@@gggreggg well he's totally romantic my God I can look at him all day
I loved this film and the actors. Beautiful.
I hope they make a second movie in a few years, an update if you will. This is one of the best films I have ever seen. The actors and the writer/director are outstanding.
barry I hope they don’t , sequels are awful
As much as I want a sequel, this movie doesn't really need one. It ended on a happy note and seems like there's nothing much to see next
The director is really intelligent,
Makes sense about the landscape
Dang. The method Francis use to build the character is mind blowing. Is that common though?
I just watched the movie. God, I don't know that this will fill my missing part of life. Wow, I cried a lot! The simplicity and realistic filming are superb! BRAVO!
Beautiful, beautiful film and so accurately portrayed by all the actors involved. One of those rare feel good films with a happy ending too! Absolute loved it! Thank you
I agree with you Sir.
The best movie i have ever seen! It's a tribute to love and hope. Thank you so much for making it, it was an amazing experience watching it and an inspiration! 💕
This brilliant movie deserves to be seen by everyone .
I saw the film yesterday afternoon, blown away, everything about it was so subtle (Not the sex scenes I have to add) and each scene, when you think back on it, meant something later on. Up until today "Dunkirk" was my favourite film of the year, nuff said.
Oh and I have to add that Alec is an impossibly handsome man
I just said the exact same thing about dunkirk like 5 minutes ago haha
Spike allreplersplicetankyou
Love Alec, beautiful, sensitive, honest, loving, kind, understanding.. the Best, I love you Alec.. from Adelaide, Australia
This film becomes one of my favorite. Beautiful and romantic
A fine film which should stand the test of time. Excellent writing and direction, superb performances, and, most importantly, a hopeful and heartening narrative.
8:29 the way he said thank you.
sorry gtg my heart melted
Thanks Francis for giving us Alec in the movie....I love him 😘
I love this movie. Can't stop watching it. The characters are superb. I think I have 2 guy crushes. Josh's end performance in movie is supreme.
BRAVO & Congrats & THANKS to ALL involved in this Magnificent, Memorable & Meaningful Film - 'God's Own Country' - which I was lucky enough to see at the start of this New Year on the West Coast here in San Francisco - Don't MISS THIS ONE, Folks. Game-Changing. GREAT ART - with performances that will NOT soon be forgotten. WOW. SPO/Babs. BEST OF THE YEAR!
Couple months ago I made a comment on how tired I was of this sad gay movies. And this one really moved me. We need more. :)
Alec secareanu is my idol from the philippines
I’ve been obsessed with call me by your name for over a year I’m going to be equally obsessed with this film after watching last night! It broke my heart part way through then fixed it towards the end amazing!
Fantastic movie
hits home so much . grown up around the area
Phenomenal movie - and great interview
Wish to see you Alec in more films. Your acting in this movie was terribly thrilling. You really did a spectacular role like Josh O'Connor.
Gods Own Country is the most touching sincere video I have ever encountered. I could watch it again an again, and I do. It always brings a little tear when they are reunited after the brief separation. Josh and Alec were so well matched. I hope in real life they can play the part. Thanks for sharing an incredible film. Well done. Looking forward to the next episode!
Alec i have a crush on him
Beautiful movie.
We love Hope !!!!!!
This film reminded me of the American film "Brokeback Mountain". I was extremely pleased with the ending, since the Brokeback film ended on a more tragic note. The 2 main characters were excellent.
They did an amazing movie with such few resources. Well, few but outstanding quality resources: excellent director and precious actors:Josh and Alec, the lady and the gentleman who played the senior characters , the girl, and the boy who caused trouble to Johnny. Even the sheep were great!!! Hope to see Josh and Alec together again
I love how he played his character. He is very natural. Anyone can get into the movie and feel it :)
An excellent movie. I see it as from lust to love
I just saw this film here in Washington DC and it was amazing!
i feel more longing and intense love in gay movies more and I am not gay. This was another. it makes you feel so much in the silence and things not said. it really is a movie about true love
Same! I can't stand most straight romantic films, they seem so fake and contrived.
I feel this is more real love story, than any other movie I've seen in many a long time.. the depth of love between the 2 men, so deep, and whole, I Felt and cried so deeply. If people could love this way, would dissolve trillions of problems
@@brendaphillips5855 I feel the same. This movie will remain always in my heart.
The same for me.
Wow. I watched the movie and watching these interviews, impresses me even more.! Wow, again.... This completely shows the masterpiece that Francis created. And this creation could not have happened without Alex and Josh playing their characters. I really don't know how they transformed themselves. I guess that is true acting. Thanks for an unbelievable picture.! I will look forward to Francis' next movie.
Great Alec, hope to see you in more works. An actor of enormous sensitivity. Hugs from Brazil.
A powerful and visionary film that is so authentic. Alec and Josh give brilliant performances in very complex roles.
The film deserves the serious recognition it's getting. I can't wait to see it again.
Been watching this movie not so healthy numbers of time and still going 😘😘😘
Amazing Film
Billy Lewis all commentsplicetankyou
great movie
I absolutely love this film, story, actors performances, direction!
alec, i love the way u act, and are, ur amazing....am watching Amulet now::: good!
Absolutely in love with this well done work. A very hard topic very well drive to the senses
I love this movie I cry until the end
excelentes actores.... excelente película... excelente dirección... Merece muchos Oscares YA! jaja.... 😎👏👏👏
FINALLYYYYY! A HAPPY ENDING!!!!!!!!!
YoIt's Alan Yeah, after cmbyn broke my heart I absolutely need a happy ending!
i share the same sentiment.
@@christielimable Yes, I feel the same way. "God's Own Country" is my favorite over "Call Me By Your Name". Sorry guys, y'all CMBYN fans, but I just loved happy-ending gay movies. Sad gay movies is honestly DEPRESSING! I have to say that I cried a lot in Elio's scene on the last part (CMBYN), though.
Fantastic movie! It needs to win an Oscar! Awesome cast.
Luv the film very well made looking at things from a new and really thought provoking angle
Like his performance in the movie, Alec is always a serious type of person. Somewhat a straightforward character. Exciting!
Beautiful movie!
Es muy hermoso la película es increíble dos personajes tan apuestos que le den vida auna vida tan rigurosa dónde él amor va creciendo y a la vez aprendiendo en uno a otro
No entiendo lo que dicen pero me encanta la película te amo Alec 😁😚😋
Wonderful Movie!
beautiful story … beautiful film … 💜
A truly wonderful film! What I particularly loved about it is that uplifting feeling of hope in the end, without any sugar-coated, fairy-tale soppiness along the lines of "and they lived happily ever after".
(Just one point of dissonance/incoherence, kind of: How gorgeous, bright, sensible, in short absolutely lovely Gheorghe could fall for mostly dumb brute Johnny remains a bit of a mystery to me.. Could someone fill me in?)
e wie I guess both of them are so lonely.
e wie opposite attracts
My guess is that Gheorge saw the potential in him. Saw the good heart beneath all those layers of frustration and anger.
e wie I think Johnny represents hope for Gheorghe, as much as Gheorghe represents hope for Johnny. Here is a gay man who has escaped a very homophobic culture in Eastern Europe. His family lost their farm. He is taking any job he can to survive. He clearly loves the farm life and open spaces. We see that after leaving Johnny's farm he is working at a large industrial farm where all the natural beauty is replaced with machines. Just a depressing, impersonal environment that doesn't suit him at all. It is just a business. Johnny is rescuing Gheorghe as much as Gheorghe is rescuing Johnny.
"I was blind, now I can see." Thank you for your beautiful answers!
Authenticity was above transmitted to me when I watched the film. I’m from a small farm town in Mexico and I can relate even tho it’s not my country. Loved the film so much!!!!
God’s Own country is very nice movies. And I watched it many times. Especially, I really ❤️ love the actors. And they played like the real life. And end of the movie is meaningful.
I am waiting for a new movie from you.
I love the actors very much .
love this movie~~fallin in love~
Great movie,loved it, make some more please
The movie is definitely one of my favorites. ❤
Un film extraordinar. Alec personajul tau in film a fost 100% credibil deci...pot spune ca ești incredibil ;-). KEEP UP!
Hermosa película, y en mi opinión una obra maestra.
I REALLY IN LOVE WITH HIM 😭😭😭 ESPECIALLY WHEN HE PLAYED AS GHEORGE IN GOC ❤️
Gods Own Country is a brilliant movie layered with detail essential to the overriding and universal theme.
Alec is so gorgeous. I just wanna cuddle him everytime I see him
That was an interesting take on the very last scene of the movie when Josh and Alec walk into the house (after seeing the mobile home being driven away) and as Francis noted it was an exclamation point to "slam that door shut and we should all go away and let them get on with their lives". I hadn't thought about that. Very nice, indeed.
Alec got a big hand.. lovely movie..