A young soldier is being treated very harsh by his commanding lieutenant. Just before they will be sent out to Lebanon, their battalion gets one day off to relax in Jerusalem. There the soldier finds out the lieutenant has sex in a public park.
Direction
Fox builds unbearable tension in just 45 minutes.
Acting
Gil Frank's silent yearning speaks volumes.
Director
Eytan Fox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This early Fox work prefigures his later explorations of Israeli masculinity and queer identity in 'Yossi & Jagger' and 'The Bubble.'
The 1990 release captured a specific pre-Oslo moment in Israeli military culture, when Lebanon service was ubiquitous and closeted lives were fragrantly common.
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