The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. The movie looks at young people's lives in Tel Aviv through the POVs of gays and straights, Jews and Arabs, men and women.
Acting
Ohad Knoller and Yousef Sweid's chemistry feels dangerously real.
Direction
Eytan Fox captures Tel Aviv's electric intimacy and its blind spots.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how young radicals talk when they're also just horny and confused.
Director
Eytan Fox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's title refers to how Tel Avivis see themselves as culturally distant from the Occupation—Fox deliberately punctures this myth.
Yousef Sweid, who plays Palestinian Ashraf, is actually Israeli-Arab; the film sparked protests at Israeli consulates abroad for its frank sexuality.
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