Emotional Nomads, The Movie:

directed by Jindra Markus

In September 1998 JP and record company BEDROCK released a touching, very personal 'confession' album called ‘Emotional Nomads’. It described the sudden break-up of his love affair with long-time romantic companion and 'wild angel' Claire… Painstakingly honest, that’s how I'd like to be, JP wrote in the CD booklet.

Hearing this musical diary 'Emotional Nomads' a few months later made a deep impression on Jindra Markus, established filmmaker and assistant director of Paul Verhoeven. To such an extent, that he decided to try to turn the story into a film.  Consequently he started following JP and the band during a series of performances and recording sessions in the winter of 1999. But while filming Jindra became also interested in the unusual lifestyles and emotional insecurities of some of the other members of the musical crew. By and by - and all by itself - a different, parallel story started developing…
Emotional Nomads lovingly observes a group of well-known (alternative country) musicians on the road across the Lowlands. That emotional security is hard to come by is a problem each one of them has to cope with in their own restless manner. Singer/songwriter (and bandleader) JP sort of ends up marrying music itself. BART, the bass player, finds consolation in his platonic love for a red-haired resistance fighter (killed in World War 2). Sound-engineer SANDER loses his grip in his never ending quest for a beautiful sound-scape. Whereas JP's musical daughter BELOU discovers unexpected bliss in her new-born baby, engendered by yet another (passing) musician….
The CD ‘Music that inspired the film EMOTIONAL NOMADS features all JP DEN TEX’ songs featured in the film plus bonus audio and video track Maddalena.  Since it premiered in 1995 the film has done well in art houses all over the Netherlands. But it is not for sale on DVD yet.

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Emotional Nomads (clip)

Maddalena (clip)