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Out in the Dark
Why this pick
Like The Bubble, this Israeli-Palestinian queer romance sets intimate desire against the pressures of borders, family, and political reality, with a similarly urgent emotional pull.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2006 1h 54m ISR
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Noam, a young Israeli reservist working at a Israel Defense Forces checkpoint while on reserve duty, is crushed when he witnesses a Palestinian woman giving birth to a dead baby; he also locks eyes with a young Palestinian man there, Ashraf. He then gets back to Tel Aviv as he has finished his military service. There he shares a flat with another gay man, Yali, and a woman, Lulu, who works in a soap shop. The three roommates live a generally Bohemianism life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ohad Knoller
Noam
Yousef 'Joe' Sweid
Ashraf
Daniella Wircer
Lulu
Alon Friedman
Yali
Zohar Liba
Golan
Tzion Baruch
Shaul
Oded Leopold
Sharon
Ruba Blal
Rana