In Concrete Purgatory, Desire Finds a Way Through

La Boue (Remix) is a short, intimate film by Belgian director Noah Dechamps, made in dialogue with Brussels artist Taunz’s music. Set in a raw urban in-between space, it follows two lovers reclaiming tenderness, touch and bodily freedom under the weight of watchful surroundings. With a new remix by composer and producer Matteo Melan, the film offers a small but resonant queer story about intimacy as refuge—and as quiet resistance.

A short film about being seen

The title, La Boue (Remix)—“the mud” in French—already suggests something messy, physical and difficult to escape. Noah Dechamps turns that feeling into an atmospheric visual world: concrete, shadow, worn walls and a sense of being caught between exposure and isolation.

At its centre are two lovers who allow their defences to fall, if only briefly. Their gestures are not framed as spectacle. Instead, the film lingers on closeness: bodies leaning into each other, moments of softness, an intimacy that seems both fragile and necessary.

The setting matters. This is not a polished fantasy of queer liberation. It is a hostile-looking landscape, closer to a concrete purgatory than a safe home. Yet in that space, the characters create a fleeting zone where care becomes possible.

Taunz’s raw emotional world

La Boue (Remix) is built around the music of Taunz, the Brussels rapper whose work moves between rap, electronic influences and an emotionally exposed form of songwriting. Taunz describes himself as an artist who has never quite grown up: a “Bambi left for dead in a harsh world,” observing it with childlike openness but without looking away from its violence.

That tension runs through the film. There is longing, but no easy escape. There is softness, but it is surrounded by danger. Taunz’s music gives the project a raw, direct emotional language—one that makes room for vulnerability without turning it into something sentimental or neatly resolved. The artist released the EP en carton in June 2025, with Noah Dechamps as artistic director; the wider project is expected to continue with en béton, developed with Matteo Melan.music.

Intimacy as a queer survival skill

For queer people, privacy is not always guaranteed—and neither is the freedom to show affection without calculating who is watching. La Boue (Remix) speaks to that reality without spelling everything out. Its two lovers find a temporary escape from surveillance, judgement and the pressure to stay guarded.

That makes the film’s physical language particularly moving. The choreography, created by Anthony Segura, is infused with a bold femininity while also playing with masculine gestures and codes. Rather than treating masculinity as a fixed performance, the film lets it loosen, bend and become tender.

This is where La Boue (Remix) feels most queer: not only through the people on screen, but through its refusal to separate vulnerability from strength. In a cultural moment where queer and trans bodies are still often debated, scrutinised or reduced to symbols, seeing intimacy treated as ordinary, mutual and dignified remains quietly radical.

A Brussels collaboration

The project also carries the energy of a local artistic encounter. Dechamps and Taunz began working together in 2023, gradually building a shared visual and musical language. Their connection comes through in the film’s texture: it feels less like a conventional music video than a compact piece of visual storytelling shaped by trust between collaborators.

Dechamps, who was born in Belgium to a Belgian-Congolese family, describes his work as focused on self-expression, resilience and space for underrepresented voices. His aesthetic combines a DIY sensibility with a close attention to bodies, emotion and imperfection.

Alongside Dechamps, Taunz and Segura, the credits include cinematographer Quentin Peeters, production company Vestiaire Production, dancers Adrien Lefebvre and Anthony Segura, and assistant camera Merry Ingassia. Matteo Melan produced the remix, adding another layer to a work rooted in Brussels’ cross-disciplinary creative scene.

Why it matters now

La Boue (Remix) does not offer a grand manifesto. Its power comes from staying close to one brief encounter: two people choosing touch over distance in an environment that seems designed to make them withdraw.

For LGBTQIA+ audiences, that focus can feel familiar. Queer life is often built through such temporary spaces of recognition—on a dancefloor, in a friendship, in a rehearsal room, on a quiet street, or in the few minutes when someone feels safe enough to be fully present.

The film reminds us that queer representation does not always need to be loud to be political. Sometimes, it is enough to show that tenderness survives.

Practical information

La Boue (Remix) is a short musical film directed by Noah Dechamps, with Taunz and dancers Adrien Lefebvre and Anthony Segura.

• Director: Noah Dechamps
• Story: Noah Dechamps and Taunz
• Music: Taunz
• Remix: Matteo Melan
• Choreography: Anthony Segura
• Production: Vestiaire Production
• Cinematography: Quentin Peeters
• Contact: contact@noahdechamps.be
• Artist: Taunz, Brussels
• Music context: Taunz’s EP en carton is available on streaming platforms.music.apple+1

A small film with a heavy atmosphere, La Boue (Remix) invites us into a world where being close—despite everything—still feels like an act of possibility.

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